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Daughters of the dynasty volume 1
Language
English
Description
Gemma Huang acting career has a big break: she's asked to play a lead role in an update of M. Butterfly filming for the summer in Beijing. At the airport she is stopped by paparazzi, and realizes she may as well be the twin of Alyssa Chua, one of the most notorious young socialites in Beijing. It becomes a summer of revelations, as Gemma uncovers a legacy her parents have spent their lives protecting her from. -- adapted from jacket.
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Series
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English
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Although thirteen-year-old aspiring actor Zevi would like to keep his psychic abilities a secret, he may be forced to use them when a famous actor's life is endagered on a movie set.
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, thirteen-year-old Zevi uses his psychic abilities to save a famous actor's life on a movie set."--
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Series
Babymouse: Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"Babymouse joins the school Film Club and writes the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time! But when the movie gets shown to the entire school, will it be a box office hit or a flop?"--
5) Finally
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Series
Willow Falls series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
Author
Series
Penelope Tredwell mysteries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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At the dawn of the age of silent films, a mysterious filmmaker proposes turning Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures and, with Monty as the star, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events of which only Penny can uncover the cause.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Lulu's family, in Hawaii while her parents work on a film, is too busy to enjoy the location or each other's company so eleven-year-old Lulu decides to organize a family Fourth of July party.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 65
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Asked by a Bollywood star for help protecting a valuable ruby, Geronimo Stilton and Hercule Poirat are inadvertently cast in the actress's film in spite of limited acting skills and are horrified when an anonymous thief makes off with the ruby.
10) Any day with you
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
During the summer before seventh grade, Kaia, who enjoys living in Southern California, visiting the beach with her family, and creating movie make-up effects, makes a film with her friends to win a contest and hopefullly prevent her beloved great-grandtather from moving back to the Philippines.
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Series
Mr. Puffball volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Mr. Puffball, a ten-month-old kitten who wants to be a movie star, leaves his New Jersey home and makes his way to Hollywood, where he lands a job at Purramount Studios working with his hero, El Gato, who turns out to be very different from what Mr. Puffball expected.
12) Star of the show
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Series
Magic puppy volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acting in a film for the first time, Tessa is lonely until she meets a magic puppy who helps her make friends and meet her favorite actor.
14) Movie madness
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Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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School is out for summer and the timing is great because a movie is filming in River Heights, and Nancy, Bess, and George¿́¿along with a bunch of their classmates¿́¿get to be extras in a scene shot at the playground! Help Nancy and her friends find a prop that¿́¿s gone missing from the superhero movie set in this interactive Nancy Drew chapter book mystery series.
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Series
Timmy Failure volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In the series finale, Timmy Failure and his class create a hilarious film about his life, just in time for the holidays."--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 23
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While visiting a movie set in Hollywood, the Thea sisters set out in search of a thief who has stolen an important reel of film from the studio.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Marisa Conchito wants to make an old-fashioned vampire movie for her online audience, and she has decided that her older brother Lorenzo will make a good vampire (certainly scarier than the kids who have auditioned) and Lorenzo's friend Jeff has volunteered his uncle Felix's house as a set; Felix was an actor in horror movies, and his house is definitely creepy, in fact, he is pretty creepy himself (especially since Jeff thought he was dead)--there...
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Nancy Drew diaries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When an old friend invites Nancy and her friends to visit the set of a new movie he is directing in River Heights, Nancy uses her detective skills to discover who is sabotaging the production.
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that s not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous...