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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
2) I dare you
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
106 pages.
Language
English
Description
In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, amateur filmmaker Rainey has to deal with the aftermath of a prank gone wrong.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
368 pages ; illustrations : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick-one of Disney's first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie monsters.
As a teenager, Mallory O'Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But for someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 sounds discs (5 1/2 hours) :
Language
English
Description
A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 550 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Jim Henson: The Biography traces the story of the man behind such blockbuster franchises as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, offering insight into the challenges he overcame and his influential legacy,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is dismayed to be partnered with her shy classmate Lionel for the school talent show, until she comes up with an act perfectly suited for both of them.
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This guide for girls gives advice on creative performances, including singing and songwriting, acting and playwriting, hot music tips, stories and poems, and staging a performance"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Desc
Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Language: English, French,Number of discs: 1,Run Time: 60 minutes.
Language
English
Description
Franklin likes to be center stage. When it comes to clowning around, Franklin can get laughs like no one else, especially from his best friend Bear. However, at Day Camp, Fox begins stealing the show and it begins to look like Bear is Fox's biggest fan. Franklin becomes determined to regain the spotlight and his audience.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1982 in a southern city, David and Sarah, two freshmen at a highly competitive performing arts high school, thrive alongside their school peers in a rarified bubble, ambitiously devoting themselves to their studies--to music, to movement, to Shakespeare and, particularly, to classes taught by the magnetic acting teacher Mr. Kingsley. It is here in these halls that David and Sarah fall innocently and powerfully into first love. And also where, as...
12) My life off-key
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
81 pages.
Language
English
Description
Jen learns that her mom has been keeping a secret: Jen has a biological father who isn’t the dad she grew up with. Now this secret threatens to tear their family apart.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home , Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins , The Sound of Music , and Victor/Victoria . In Home , the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years...
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 12
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's time for the annual Ella Mentry School talent show, and this year Principal Klutz has hired a wacky professional, Mrs. Lane, to help the kids with their talents"--
15) Trouble magnet
Author
Series
George Brown class clown volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the students at his school prepare for a talent show and class presentations about Hawaii, fourth-grader George tries hard to behave, but his magic super burps keep getting him in trouble.
17) FAITH OF ELVIS
Author
Publisher
THOMAS NELSON PUB
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Having made a deal with a criminal to save her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage, Tella must win Caraval and uncover Legend's identity, or risk losing everything, including her life.
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
3 CDs (173 min.)
Language
English
Description
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabeled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending.
The play has been...
Author
Language
English
Description
Near the end of 1939, ten-year-old Audrey Hepburn flew from boarding school in England into the Netherlands, which would soon become a war zone. What she experienced in five years of Nazi occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the...