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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the latest 20th Century Fox movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Find out what it takes to film a flock of seagulls invading a minivan. Learn about a robot pig and an animatronic three-year-old. And discover everything that goes into making a feature film"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie... and will he become rich and famous...
3) Film
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
62 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited.
Author
Series
Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
It's Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce -- an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving -- is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers...
Author
Series
NYPD red novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones called. Then an actor is killed on the set of a film. And a Molotov cocktail explodes at a movie premiere. Detective First Grade Zach Jordan and his new partner -- and ex-girlfriend...
6) Action!
Author
Series
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
138 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy investigates when she stars in a movie which is mysteriously sabotaged by a fire.
7) Infamous
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Back in the days of cowboys and outlaws, a now-infamous shootout went down in the tiny mining town of Jubilation, Arizona. National hero U.S. Marshall Silas Quinn saved the city from the notorious Kelly gang, only to have his wife kidnapped and murdered by the ultimate lowlife, Jamie 'the Kid' Gallagher. Or so the story goes. One-hundred years later, historian Alison Carter has made her way to the scene of the crime to assist in a movie production...
8) Don't eat me
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Siri Paiboun, the ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but when he manages to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That and they can't figure out how to turn on the camera. Meanwhile, the skeleton of a woman...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film ... and the humble comic book that inspired it. Part one of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and,...
Author
Series
Magic puppy volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
116 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Acting in a film for the first time, Tessa is lonely until she meets a magic puppy who helps her make friends and meet her favorite actor.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Look out, the Clue Crew is headed to Hollywood to meet the most famous cat in movies, Fluffington. But when Fluffington vanishes, the Clue Crew springs into action, because a movie is not a movie without its star!
12) NYPD Red 4
Author
Series
NYPD red novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's another glamorous night in the heart of Manhattan: at a glitzy movie premiere, a gorgeous starlet, dressed to the nines and dripping in millions of dollars' worth of jewelry on loan, makes her way past a horde of fans and paparazzi. But then there's a sudden loud noise, an even louder scream, and a vicious crime with millions of witnesses and no suspect -- and now NYPD Red has a new case on its hands. NYPD Red: the elite task force assigned to...
13) NYPD Red 2
Author
Series
NYPD red novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors of the rich, famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New York City's most high-profile crimes. And Detective Zach Jordan is the best of the best, a brilliant and relentless pursuer of justice. He puts professionalism above all, ignoring his feelings for his partner, Detective Kylie MacDonald, the woman who broke his heart when...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.
Author
Series
Teddy Fay novel volume 6
Language
English
Description
"While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Picture's business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire. But when the magnate's wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman as quickly as possible. As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find that darker forces are at play and an old...
16) Don't look down
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
viii, 373 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
It sounded simple. Go to Savannah. Finish directing an action-adventure film. Earn some quick money. Get a chance to see sister Daisy and niece Pepper. Instead, as soon as Lucy Armstrong arrives on the set of Don't Look Down, she discovers that nothing about her current job is simple. The cast is lackluster. What she has seen of the script is, even by Hollywood standards, unbelievably incoherent. The stunt coordinator is none other than her annoying...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't ask for more. But when Bee's favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he's making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee's career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than...
18) NYPD Red 6
Author
Series
NYPD red novels volume 6
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At the most lavish wedding of the season, the most brazen kidnapper in New York City takes 'Here Comes the Bride' as an invitation ... Reality star Erin Easton's 'Wedding of the Century' may have a cable crew documenting every extravagant bridal detail, but when 'Airhead Easton' disappears from the reception, it's no diva turn. Her dressing room is empty but for a blood-spattered wedding gown and signs of a struggle. Detective Kylie MacDonald of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this new series of novels that brings Babymouse to middle school, she "joins the school Film Club and writes the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time. But when the movie gets shown to the entire school, will it be a box office hit or a flop?"--
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