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21) Annie
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Special anniversary ed. ; Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
22) Genius Camp
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"--
Jake McQuade is the smartest kid in the universeand he's back to defend his title! This time, he is heading off to a camp for geniuses sponsored by billionaire tech mogul (and brilliant inventor) Zane Zinkle. But genius camp is not like regular camp. There are limo...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billionaire Red Stevens wants to bequeath at least one member of his extended family "the ultimate gift:" something he perceives as immensely more valuable than material wealth. Jason holds a deep-seated hatred for his newly-deceased grandfather, so he's surprised to learn that he's been mentioned in his late grandfather's will. Far from a straightforward gift, Red's bequest comes in the form of a series of mysterious recorded instructions, the first...
Author
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mars Patel's friend Aurora has disappeared! His teachers are clueless. His mom is stressed out about her jobs. But Mars refuses to give up--after all, his own dad disappeared when Mars was a toddler, before he and Ma moved to Puget Sound from India. Luckily, Mars has a group of loyal friends eager to help--smart Toothpick, strong and stylish JP, and maybe-telepathic Caddie. The clues seem to point toward eccentric tech genius (and Mars's hero) Oliver...
25) The invocations
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider--that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave--even trading in the occult. Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has...
26) The bucket list
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen and widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
27) Stowed away
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Julia's old prep school rival Wyatt Jayne invites her to dinner on board her billionaire fiancé's decked-out yacht, Julia arrives to find a sumptuous table set for two--and the yachtsman dead in his chair. Suspicion quickly falls on Wyatt, and Julia's quest to dredge up the truth leads her into the murky private world of a mega-rich recluse who may not have been all that he seemed..." -- Page [4] cover.
28) The benchwarmers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three guys spent their youth bearing the wrath of schoolyard bullies. They weren't tall, cool, and athletic, so they often got picked on by those who were. But when Gus convinces his two friends Richie and Clark to take some batting practice on a nearby Little League baseball field for old times sake, the three end up challenging a team of eleven-year-olds for the right to play on the field. Gus, often picked on because he was short, is nonetheless...
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner challenges them to spend over $5 million dollars in thirty days in order to learn life lessons about money"--
Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends. And they don't have anything to talk about. Until . . . They find a wallet. A wallet that belongs...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
117 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everybody thinks that the "ponies" in Xander's magic show are made to look the way they do (like zombie ponies) with tricks and make-up, but the eccentric billionaire Russ DeVon knows what they are (the unicorn part, at least) because when Russ was nine he discovered Pegasia, and was kicked out for trying to steal a baby unicorn--and now he will stop at nothing to get back there.
32) The tiny mansion
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Dagmar and her family spend a summer living off-the-grid in a tiny home parked in the Northern California redwood forest, next door to an eccentric tech billionaire and his very unusual family.
The last thing twelve-year-old Dagmar wants is to spend her summer vacation squished into a tiny house with her dad, her stepmom, and her annoying five-year-old half brother. But after a sudden financial setback, her family is evicted from...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Six months ago, Mars Patel boarded a spaceship to travel to Oliver Pruitt's colony on the planet Mars, and now he's finally there. The journey gave Mars lots of time to bond with his copilots, but Mars and his new friends soon discover that Pruitt's colonists aren't the only people living on the inhospitable planet. A splinter group, led by the mysterious Fang, are desperate to go back to Earth--and they don't care who they hurt in the process. Amid...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 2
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Un paso adelante. Avery pensó que resolver el acertijo que le puso el multimillonario Tobias Hawthorne revelaría por qué le dejó a ella, una completa desconocida, toda su fortuna. Dos pasos atrás. Pero, a medida que las pistas crípticas dan un giro inesperado y los atractivos y enigmáticos nietos de Hawthorne continúan atrayéndola en diferentes direcciones, Avery no puede evitar preguntarse en quién puede confiar realmente. ¿Qué sucede...