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Dog's purpose volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
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This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other. Based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.
5) Uncle Buck
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Universal Home Video
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Uncle Buck, an idle good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While his carefree ways easily charm the younger relatives, he meets more than a little hostility from Tia, his rebellious teenage niece, and Chanice, his impatient girlfriend.
7) The proposal
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
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High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
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On the surface, everything seems the same in the seaside town of Monterey, CA: mothers continue to dote, husbands support, children are adorable, houses are beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that. Meanwhile, Perry's grieving mother Mary Louise Wright comes to town in search of answers after the son's death.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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Television series about the Walton family living on Walton's Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. In this season, the Waltons plunge into the chaos and heroism of World War II. John-Boy reports from London for "Stars and Stripes," Mary Ellen nurses the war wounded, Jason, Ben and even Jim-Bob debate joining up, and John and Olivia expand their lumber business to aid in the war effort. But the personal events are almost as dramatic: still...
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"Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won’t be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she’ll be...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Description
The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved, except for one thing. Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.
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Phase 4 Films
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When the Bear family arrives at their vacation beach house, they want to go swimming immediately. Seeing the opportunity to teach the cubs a lesson about family cooperation, Mama and Papa decide to join the cubs on the beach. When the cubs realize their swimsuits are hopelessly buried somewhere in the trunk of the car, they become more willing to help their parents.
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Imavision Distribution
Description
Charles' father, Lansford Ingalls, loses the will to live after his wife passes away. Charles brings him to Walnut Grove to be near his loved ones. Laura's horse is injured soon after and she believes it to be her Grandpa's fault. Feeling hurt, Lansford leaves town until Laura, having realized her mistake, seeks him out and insists that he return with her.
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Shout! Factory
Description
Television series about the lives of a real family, The Nelsons, as they cope with everyday life. Ozzie is the bumbling father whose earnest intentions backfire hilariously in their execution; Harriet is the apron-clad, flawlessly coiffed, wise and loving Mom; David is the older and more grounded brother; Ricky (later to become "Rick") is the wisecracking scamp of a kid brother who sings.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Description
The magic on Morning Glory Circle continues for Samantha, Darrin and Endora. Join the Stephens family as Samantha takes a trip back to 1868 New Orleans, Endora shrinks Darrin down to size, Serena tries her luck at computer dating, and Tabitha wreaks havoc in nursery school. This season marks the final season with Dick York as Darrin.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
The Barkleys are the wealthiest and most powerful family in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s, owning and controlling cattle herds, gold mines, citrus groves, and logging camps. Follow their joys and heartache in this Western soap opera.
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CBS DVD
Description
The heart of this television series is the generation gap between former hippie parents and their square offspring. This season highlights the culture gap between Steven and Elyse Keaton and their three children: staunchly Republican Alex, fashion-mad Mallory and precocious Jennifer, as they tackle pre-marital sex, women's rights, and alcoholism.
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Universal
Description
Pack your bags and join Peppa Pig and her family and friends as they travel around the world. Every day brings new experiences for Peppa, but these twelve peppasodes are especially oinktastic. For the first time, Peppa and her family travel to America. They explore New York, the city that never sleeps, eat at a diner down south, venture through the Grand Canyon, and then star in a movie filmed in Hollywood, lights, camera, Peppa. Learn all about planes,...
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