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Author
Language
English
Description
When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"At first glance, Emaline seems to have it all. A great boyfriend, a close-knit family, an idyllic beach town to call home. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough. Then she meets Theo, an ambitious young New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. He's sophisticated and exciting, and thinks Emaline is destined for bigger things. Emaline wants the moon and more, but can she balance...
3) Expelled
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter-her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call "journalism." As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
506 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her long-estranged father invites sixteen-year-old Liv Varanakis to help him film a documentary about his theories on Atlantis, she looks forward to reconnecting but discovers he may have invited her to Greece for a very different reason.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 440L
Physical Desc
44 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Director Billy Waddler is trying to film a documentary about moose, but the moose in question has no intention of spending his life in the woods and his animal friends, who have dreams of their own, help him prove his point.
Series
Language
English
Description
The teen-aged son of a well-to-do family gets involved in violence when he attempts to win the approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums. Before the feature are three Behind the Cameras segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV series, including a "safe-driving" interview withdrawn from airing following Dean's death.
8) Surf's up
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
[Special ed. ; Full screen ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick is an up-and-coming surfer who is about to enter his first pro competition. Followed by a documentary crew to film his experiences, Cody leaves Antarctica for the warmer climes in order to surf in the Big Z Memorial Surf Championship covered by the SPEN network. His hero, champion surfer Big Z, has been gone for ten years, and Cody wants to win the championship in his memory. On his journey he encounters surfer-dude...
9) Surf's up
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick is an up-and-coming surfer who is about to enter his first pro competition. Followed by a documentary crew to film his experiences, Cody leaves Antarctica for the warmer climes in order to surf in the Big Z Memorial Surf Championship covered by the SPEN network. His hero, champion surfer Big Z, has been gone for ten years, and Cody wants to win the championship in his memory. On his journey he encounters surfer-dude...
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With no memory of a long ago traumatic night, a seventeen-year-old aspiring documentary maker uses her camera to keep the world at a safe distance, but her latest subject, a forlorn and mysterious boy, sends her into a perilous, mind-bending journey.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Five teens starring in a documentary film series about their ordinary lives must grapple with questions of change and identity under the scrutiny of the camera"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Oliver, a Civil War buff and weekend reenactor, is partnered with two misfits--Ella, who is on the verge of failing all her classes, and Kevin, who is Oliver's lunch companion--to create a documentary about the wartime experience of a Civil War contemporary, and while they conduct research in local historical societies, collaborate on a script, and edit the film, they discover secrets about their Pennsylvania soldier and learn how to...
13) Press play
Author
Publisher
RP Teens
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pound by sweaty pound, Greg Dunsmore's plan is working. Greg is steadily losing weight while gaining the material he needs to make the documentary that will get him into film school and away from the constant jeers of 'Dun the Ton.' But when Greg captures footage of brutal and bloody hazing by his town's championship-winning lacrosse team, he knows he has evidence that could damage as much as it could save. And if the harm is to himself and his future,...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Queer Love. Something Dawn wants, desperately, but does not have. But maybe, if she can capture it, film it, interview the people who have it, queer love will be hers someday. Or, at least, she'll have made a documentary about it. A documentary that, hopefully, will win Dawn a scholarship to film school. Many obstacles stand in the way of completing her film, but her best friends Edie and Georgia are there to help her reach her goal, no matter what...
15) The reckoning
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lamar can't wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn't think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff's...
16) Parent swap
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Because his life is a bit of a mess, thirteen-year-old Danny Bell agrees to let ParentSwap(tm) try to match him with his ideal parents, but he soon realizes that the company is about more than giving adolescents a new start.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from two viewpoints, high school seniors Haley, who had a public breakdown, and shy Lewis, long-time member of the TV Production class, find that filming documentaries about their classmates' hidden talents reveals their own aspirations.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
19) The real Z
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Suzie Yang is chosen to make a short narrative film for the CloudSong Seattle Film Festival Young Filmmakers' Contest, she finds she must be her genuine self to make a motion picture she can be pleased with.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's time to celebrate all of life's sweetest moments with JoJo Siwa! Hang with the pop sensation as she rings in her sixteenth birthday with go-karting, baking, indoor skydiving, and of course, the most magical party ever!