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Series
Language
English
Description
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
A Penguin Classic
Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they...
A Penguin Classic
Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they...
2) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
3) Lottery
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having learned essential life skills from his grandmother that helped him overcome his low IQ, Perry finds himself without a caregiver at the age of thirty-one. He wins a fortune by playing the lottery, a windfall that brings him more family than he ever wanted.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile means 'thank you for doing something small that I liked.' 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3. Strange people are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5. Sometimes the most important things don't fit on lists. But when Zelda finds out...
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
lxxi, 254 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) in pocket.
Language
English
Description
Social Stories provide REAL social understanding! Carol Gray developed the Social Story in 1991 to promote social understanding in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now, nearly twenty years after their inception, Social Stories have become a standard approach for teachers and parents all over the globe, and the stories are more effective than ever!
Winner of an Outstanding Literary Work of the Year Award by the Autism Society of America,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into...
Series
Fringe volume s. 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 17 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Fringe team escapes from the parallel universe, except for Olivia, trapped in the other world and replaced in ours by her double, who turns Peter and Olivia's tentative relationship into a love affair.
10) Sunnyside Plaza
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
While helping police officers Esther and Lon investigate a suspicious death at her group home, nineteen-year-old Sal Miyake, who is mentally challenged, gains insights into herself and makes new friends.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
i, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Updated to cover the latest scientific developments, a must-read for individuals, families, and medical practitioners that opens a new door in psychiatric health care. Psychiatry has made great advances in the past fifty years but needs a new direction. Today's emphasis on psychiatric drugs will not stand the test of time. Recent advances in epigenetics and the molecular biology of the brain have provided a roadmap for the development of effective,...
Series
Fringe volume s. 5
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013, 2012.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (564 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fifth and final season delivers a climactic conclusion. Picking up from events depicted in season four's flash-forward episode, the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team's final stand, which will bring together all they have witnessed in preparation for the final battle to protect our world.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr. 43 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy is suddenly thrust into a nightmare. He quickly learns the true nature of the house's homicidal inhabitants and the secret creatures hidden deep within the house.
14) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a good-natured man with a low IQ who personally experiences important events in American history and continues to love, albeit unreciprocated, his childhood sweetheart Jenny.
Series
Fringe volume s. 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (968 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Two contains worlds (and alternative worlds) of excitement complete with shape-shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and people who turn to ashes before our eyes. But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.
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