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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater, well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the...
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Language
English
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A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Parks' latest riff on the way we are defined by history. Lincoln and Booth are twho brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.--From publisher description.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, is arrested in Ephesus. Aegeon tells Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus, his tale: he was shipwrecked many years ago while sailing with his wife, Aemilia, and two pairs of identical twins--their twin sons, both named Antipholus, and twin servants, both named Dromio. In the course of the storm, his wife, one of their sons, and one their servants, were lost. At eighteen, Aegeon had allowed the remaining Antipholus and Dromio...
7) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When boxer "Irish" Micky Ward tries to compete for a championship in the ring, he finds himself struggling to balance his relationships with his girlfriend, manager, and the brother who helped train him to fight.
12) Dinotopia
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Two brothers crash land into a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist and interact in harmony.
13) Brothers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After Sam, a Marine, goes missing and is presumed dead, his ex-convict brother, Tommy, tries to step in and help Sam's wife and daughters rebuild their lives.
14) Lawless
Publisher
Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the infamous Bondurant brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic outlaw tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel The Wettest County in the World, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave.
15) Mother's day
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A mother and her children terrorize the new owners of their old home.
16) Dan in real life
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
An advice columnist trying to raise his daughters on his own falls in love with a woman who is dating his brother.
17) The hole
Publisher
Anderson Merchandisers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After moving to a small town, two brothers discover a mysterious bottomless pit on their property and try to discover what lives inside the hole.
18) The long riders
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of the Jesse James gang, with the Carradine brothers playing the Youngers and the Keach brothers starring as Jesse and Frank James.
19) Rumble fish
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A street punk worships his older brother, who is the leader of a gang.
20) Rain man
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
A young self-centered con-man learns how to love from the autistic savant brother he had intended to use.