Patrick Fraley
Author
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 990L
Language
English
Description
"Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunken father, until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave named Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together...but can Huck and Tom free Jim from slavery once and for all?" --...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would become a landmark of 20th-century American literature....
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry Bigg, a 12-year-old boy, has discovered the existence of the Littles and joins them in many of their adventures. The Littles live, unseen by everyone but Henry, in his home. These nearly human creatures live much as we do, in tightly-knit loving families, with the same cares, worries, and joys that we share. They also travel to far-off places of the world, having even more adventures.
5) Ghostbusters
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer, and Tracy the ape are supernatural investigators who use a device called a dematerializer. When it shoots at a ghost it is temporarily sent to another dimension.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tired of his normal cartoon-strip routine, Garfield escapes the pages and enters into the real world. Just as he gets used to the life of being a real housecat, he learns that if he doesn't return to the strip, it will be canceled by the newspaper.