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(0)Frank Cottrell Boyce
Author
Series
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself.
2) Framed
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Separated from his aging caregiver grandfather and placed in a foster home, Prez forges an unusual friendship with an alien who appears as a dog to everyone else and entreats Prez to help compile a list of Earth's redeeming qualities to prevent the planet from being destroyed.
4) Cosmic
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Super-sized, eleven-year-old Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space.
5) Millions
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Frank Cottrell Boyce's story, Millions, is the tale of a not-so-great train robbery. Read aloud by actor Stephen Tompkinson, this Carnegie Medal-winning story is an absolute treasure!
Two brothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to joining the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma - how to spend it in the few days...
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for anything, but when he inexplicably turns green and finds himself in an experimental hospital ward with his nemesis, school bully Tommy-Lee 'Grim' Komissky, everyone is baffled but Rory believes he and Grim have become superheroes." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
92 pages : photographs ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When two Mongolian brothers inexplicably appear one morning in her sixth grade class, Julie, who lives in a town near Liverpool, England, named Bootle, becomes their new friend and "Good Guide," navigating them through soccer, school uniforms, and British slang.
Publisher
BBC Earth Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Doctor is traveling through time and space in his TARDIS. New traveling companions Bill Potts and Nardole, old enemies with the return of Missy, and lots of adventures are awaiting him in his season ten journey.
12) The railway man
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene...