Keith David
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Facing a particularly vicious killer in his latest investigation, Alex Cross finds his family targeted by the vengeful Mastermind, a situation complicated by tension in his relationship with his girlfriend and his daughter's unexplained seizures.
Pub. Date
[between 1990-1999?]
Description
"On the streets, they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war, only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist--a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!"--Container.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Colombia is in chaos, caught in a bitter war between its government and insurgent guerrillas. A team of U.S. Navy SEALS are sent on a secret mission to observe a meeting between the factions and ensure peace is the end result. But when the meeting is attacked and the leaders of both sides are murdered, the SEAL team is framed for the assault. Abandoned by their own government and trapped behind enemy lines, the group must survive long enough to find...
7) Coraline
Description
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home and save her family.
9) Free birds
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history, and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
"...the overall concept of the script is pretty creative and original..."--Chicago Sun-Times.
"Free Birds is pleasant enough holiday fare."--USA Today.
"Free Birds hasthe colorful palette, zippy action and silly story to keep kids giggling..."--Washington...
10) Agent Cody Banks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A junior CIA agent must stop the bad guys from destroying the world.
11) Nope
Pub. Date
[2022]
Appears on list
Description
Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Appears on list
Description
New Orleans. Arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana cross paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician. Tiana follows suit when she decides to kiss the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.
13) Cloud Atlas
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
14) Mark Twain
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Alex Cross' latest investigation into a series of vicious murders turns deadly as his prime suspect, a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shaffer, makes Cross and his fiancee the target of a deadly cabal of killers masterminded by Shaffer
16) Delta farce
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Down on his luck after losing his job and his girlfriend on the same day, Larry decides to join his neighbor, Bill and his combat-happy buddy, Everett for a relaxing weekend of drinking and target practice. But when the three hapless guys are mistaken for Army Reservists they are loaded onto an army plane headed for Fallujay, Iraq. The threesome is mistakenly ejected in a Humvee somewhere over Mexico. Convinced they are actually in the Middle East,...
17) Armageddon
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
When NASA discovers a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth, a crew of roughneck oil drillers is sent in to plant a nuclear warhead that should destroy it.
18) They live
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
One man discovers that aliens are masquerading as humans while they lull the public into submission through subliminal advertising messages. Only specially made sunglasses make the deadly truth visible.
19) Johns
Pub. Date
1999
Description
It's Dec. 24 on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard and male hustler John is looking forward to celebrating his Christmas birthday in a swanky hotel. Unfortunately, his shoes and cash are stolen while he's sleeping in the grass. John's rookie friend Donner naively tries to help the more cynical John with unexpected consequences.
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
A documentary on the history and legend of the creatures that have had deep effects on our lives and our civilization, that shape our dreams and nightmares, that frighten us stiff ... zombies! Featuring writers, actors, and historians interviewed on the subject, as well as a look at the effect of zombies on films and pop culture.