Bob Balaban
1) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Creature from the seventh grade volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
There's a thief in town, and all signs point to twelve-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything.
Author
Series
Creature from the seventh grade volume 2
Publisher
Viking/Penguin
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Shortly after spontaneously morphing into a giant mutant dinosaur, 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater discovers he's not the only creature in town"--
3) Good dog!
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a heroic deed lands McGrowl in the local newspaper, his original owner, Edwina Tuttle, spots her former pet -- and invites McGrowl to her house for a visit. So Thomas and McGrowl set off on an exciting journey to see Edwina. But their trip becomes a wild-goose chase. The mastermind behind it all may be the evil Milton Smudge. ANd this time, he's determined to trap McGrowl...no matter what it takes!"--Back cover.
4) Puppy tales
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
McGrowl, a bionic super dog, investigates when one of his puppies disappears. Is his enemy Milton Smudge behind this?
Author
Series
Creature from the seventh grade volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When nerdy 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater spontaneously morphs into a giant sea creature, the big question is: could this be his ticket to popularity at last?"--
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
8) "Art"
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be “art”? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive – and very white – painting. To Marc, it is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use the painting to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a work of “art” worth? A Tony Award winner for Best Play and Oliver Award winner for Best Comedy. Includes...
Author
Language
English
Description
A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
Set in Edwardian London and on the
11) Ghost world
Series
Criterion collection volume 872
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two friends graduate from high school and find life in the real world difficult. Becky sets her sights on Josh, on whom both girls have a crush, and their friendship is changed forever.
12) The exonerated
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row will engage your emotion, incite your passion, and envelope you in their search for the lost pieces of dignity and the lives that were interrupted.
13) Dedication
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Henry is a misanthropic, emotionally complex children's book author who is forced to team up with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and creative collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
14) Georgia O'Keeffe
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Paris 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Rare Bird cabaret, and an eccentric scientist and his irascible monkey to save the monster (who turns out to be oversized but harmless as a flea) from the city's ruthlessly ambitious police chief.
16) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
18) Show me a hero
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor of a mid-sized American city is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.
20) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere -- he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...