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Pub. Date
[2017]
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"A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-meet, desultorily functioning Long Island family, in Massapequa, turn into Alec Baldwin, gifted actor, familiar public figure, impressively thoughtful person, notorious pugilist? . . . Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving . . . . Baldwin writes with great knowledge about old films, the art of...
103) For a muse of fire
Author
Series
For a muse of fire volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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"Jetta, a teen who possesses secret, forbidden powers, must gain access to a hidden spring and negotiate a world roiling with intrigue and the beginnings of war"--
105) Wish upon a starfish
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Series
Mermaid tales volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Pearl has always dreamed of being famous: the star-studded stage, the sea flowers, the applause! So when she finds out that her third grade class is performing The Little Human, she just knows she ll get the leading role. Especially since world-renowned merstar Angelfish Molie is judging the tryouts! But in a shocking turn of events, Pearl s best friend, Wanda, gets cast as the little human instead and Pearl is stuck playing the stinky sea witch....
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A revelatory and provocative biography of one of the most controversial women of the twentieth century, by one of America's most renowned historians. Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the author of The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic is today remembered more as a toxic, bitter survivor and literary fabulist, the woman of whom Mary...
107) Kate in waiting
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Appears on list
Description
Best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker share a love of theater and crushes on the same guys, but when one of their long-distance crushes shows up at their school, real feelings might end their friendship.
108) The Comedy of errors
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
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Contains the text of Shakespeare's comedy about identical twin brothers, both named Antipholus, who set off a wave of confusion when they arrive in the same town after a lifetime apart, bringing with them identical twin servants, both named Dromios; and includes scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, and a critical essay.
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. In "Pericles", a father loses his wife, who dies at sea during childbirth. Upon land, Pericles entrusts his new-born daughter, Marina, to the Governor of Tarsus and his wife. Fourteen years later, Marina escapes a deadly plan, devised by the jealous Governor's...
110) Short
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
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"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...
112) Marty McGuire
Author
Series
Marty McGuire books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The show must go on! The Princedom of Pea is a fractured fairy tale based on the story of the princess and the pea. When it is time for Prince Peter of the Princedom of Pea to marry, his mother, Queen Patricia, throws a party to find the perfect wife! This book provides information on putting on a production-including tips on sets, props, and costumes. An easy-to-follow script with color coding for character cues is ideal for readers' theater, puppet...
117) The blood card
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
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"In the third Magic Men mystery, the first partially set in America, a threat of mass violence looms over Elizabeth IIs coronation: Can DI Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto crack the case and save the crown? Elizabeth IIs coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephens is busy investigating the death of a local fortuneteller. Meanwhile, his old pal, the magician Max Mephisto, is rehearsing for his television debut, a Coronation Day variety show. But upon...
118) All about Ellie
Author
Series
Critter club volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When she wins the lead role in a school play, second-grader Ellie neglects her friends in the Critter Club and their new animal shelter.
119) Richard II
Author
Pub. Date
c.1999
Description
Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Richard II". This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The play is the first in Shakespeare's tetralogy chronicling the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, and covers the battle for power between King Richard and Henry Bolingbroke (who would eventually be Henry IV). Embezzlement, exile and an uprising...
120) Kamishibai man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.