Whoopi Goldberg
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Triplets Jessica, JoAnn, and Jerzey and their friends in ballet class try to keep the building that houses The Nutcracker School from being torn down, while also trying to rescue a stray kitten.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Although Alexandrea does not want to be a ballerina, her mother enrolls her in ballet school and she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital even though she is an awful dancer and suffers from stage fright.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 6
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Epatha tries to spice up the choreography of the new ballet in Harlem with her free-spirited style, the rest of the Sugar Plum ballerinas encourage her to keep her toes in line.
6) Till
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley₂s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie₂s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother₂s ability to change the world.
7) Ghost
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
8) Doogal
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A group of friends must step forward as unlikely heroes to recover three magic diamonds, reverse the onset of a brutal winter and return the evil ice sorcerer Zeebad to his prison beneath the ground.
9) The stand
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When a killer plague wipes out 99% of the world's population, the embattled survivors struggle to make their way in a post-apocalyptic reality. This 2020 adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand frames the eternal battle between good and evil, as embodied by the peaceful prophet Mother Abagail and the menacing presence Randall Flagg, and closes with a new coda written by Stephen King himself.
Pub. Date
2010.
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Description
A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.
15) Corrina, Corrina
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
A funny, heart-warming story of a newly widowed man struggling to raise his little girl, and the woman who brings magic and laughter back into their lives when she comes to be their housekeeper.
16) Sarafina!
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The student uprising in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the backdrop for this stirring musical based on Mbongeni Ngema's play. Whoopi Goldberg stars as an inspiring schoolteacher, with Leleti Khumalo reprising her stage role as young, defiant Sarafina.
18) Ghost
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Description
When a young man is murdered, he uses a zany medium to contact his living girlfriend in an effort to discover his killer and get revenge.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When Viola learns that her next asthma attack is likely to kill her, she sets out to fix her fractured family before she sets foot anywhere near the grave. Proudly choosing to keep her health issues a secret, she contends with sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy, and prescription drug addiction; and that's just one of her four kids.
20) The Color Purple
Pub. Date
©2007
Description
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who's forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.