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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, and dominating mother, hopes to match her daughter Laura with an eligible "gentleman caller" while her son Tom supports the family. Laura, lame and painfully shy, evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to the make-believe world of her glass animal collection. Tom eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.
3) Simon Birch
Description
The smallest kid in town gets into constant trouble and teams up with his best friend who is searching for his real father.
4) Free style
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Cale is forced to put his dreams of becoming a motocross champion on hold to help support his family, but when the opportunity arises to enter into a competition he tries to make his dreams come true.
Description
Sick of living in a home shrouded with secrets, lies, and a smothering sense of competition, Gus runs away from home and the shadow of his famous fly-fishing father. Determined to live life like he wants it, Gus makes his new home in a secluded cabin on the banks of a river where he plans to fish all day. Instead, he is propelled into a quest for self-discovery. Based on a book that has become a cult classic and set in the breathtaking wilds of Oregon,...
7) Annapolis
Description
In order to prove that he has what it takes to make it, a young man from a blue collar background enters the Naval Acadey in Annapolis and enters its boxing tournament, the Brigade Championships.
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Description
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Ever since the death of his father, 25-year-old Minneapolis slacker Duncan is content with shuffling aimlessly through life, ditching one dead-end job after another. Things change when he takes a job near his ill grandfather and grandmother. Duncan's new found sense of purpose leads to a romance with caregiver Kate, and a story about life and love.
Description
An inspirational story of family, friendship, and redemption. After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason.
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
When two bumbling businessmen alert their boss of an expensive discrepancy in the company books, he invites them to his home on the beach with the intent to have them murdered. However when they discover that their boss has been murdered prior to their arrival, they attempt to convince people that he is still alive to avoid suspicion for his death, leading to all kinds of wacky mishaps.
14) Lukewarm
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Luke Rogers started out on the right path, but when his dad walked out when Luke was just a boy, his world came crashing down. Now working as a bartender to make ends meet, Luke is slowly losing his way. Between the enticements of the nightclub scene and a reluctance to fully commit to his devoted girlfriend, Luke's crisis of faith is coming to a head. Will he ultimately succumb to temptation or can he take control of his life and try to forge a new...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A coming-of-age tale following Sean as he rebels and leaves his home, family, and father to figure out life on his own. Two years later, while still on the journey to find life's answers, Sean suddenly finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew as he is confronted by a professor who challenges Sean to see his life as a story.
18) Six Shooters
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Ten years after looking into the eyes his father's killer, one young man is on the hunt for the gang of outlaws that left him fatherless. With just a sketch of their faces he travels from town to town taking up odd jobs in exchange for shelter. Until one day the marauding gangs' leader steps foot on the property he is staying at and ignites his undeniable urge to satisfy his vengeance.
Pub. Date
©2014.
Description
A coming-of-age tale following Sean as he rebels and leaves his home, family, and father to figure out life on his own. Two years later, while still on the journey to find life's answers, Sean suddenly finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew as he is confronted by a professor who challenges Sean to see his life as a story.
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