Claire Danes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred's persistent memories of life in the "time before" and her will to survive are acts...
Language
English
Description
Everett brings his fiancé Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (664 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD)(585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In her new role as a CIA station chief, Carrie convinces Saul and Quinn to help her hunt down one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. But when Carrie recruits a young Pakistani as an asset, the lines between right and wrong blur and the operation spins out of control. Facing unclear loyalties at every turn, Carrie must take extreme measures and risk everything to protect her country."--Container.
Language
English
Description
John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of the SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 648 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With a paranoid president facing investigation and the country tearing itself apart, Carrie and Saul must determine who they can trust in the gripping seventh season. As President Keane finds herself under threat from forces outside the government and within, Carrie embarks on a mission to unravel the truth and bring down a harrowing conspiracy.
7) Little women
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 629 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Lewis) is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Danes) has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire"--Container.
9) Stardust
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony wall that sits between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king of Stormhold has sent his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely different purpose, one that involves her...
11) Shopgirl
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray Porter is a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away into a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 607 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Carrie and Saul search for the truth behind the bombing of CIA headquarters, lines are blurred between friend and foe and no one can be trusted. While hiding a stunning secret of her own, Carrie helps recruit Brody for a dangerous mission that could offer him a chance at redemption. But when the plan unravels and Brody is targeted deep inside Iran, he must put his life in Carrie's hands.
13) The flock
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders, and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late.
14) The Family Stone
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a man brings his fiancé home to meet his family during Christmas, it's an instant disaster.
16) Temple Grandin
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories.
18) The mod squad
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three problem teens work undercover in the hip L.A. scene to avoid going to jail.
19) Evening
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother?
20) The rainmaker
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A rookie lawyer in over his head on a high-profile case hires a feisty paralawyer who specializes in flunking the bar. Their chances of winning are slim to none until they uncover a trail of corruption.