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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
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Description
Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Attorney Lucy Kelson wants to save the world. She is also the Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant lawyer with a sharp, strategic mind. She also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's not the job that's getting to her. It's her millionaire boss, George Wade. Handsome, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard Law grad...
3) Mean girls
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl who has lived in Africa and been home-schooled moves to New York, she must enter a public high school. Survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning when she falls for the ex-boyfriend of the most popular girl in school.
4) 27 dresses
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane has the kind of selflessness that everyone looks for in a friend. Lately the perennial bridesmaid has begun to feel as if something is missing in her life. Kevin is a local newspaper reporter who spots Jane racing between two receptions - one in Manhattan and the other in Brooklyn. He quickly surmises that her quirky tale may be just the story to get him into the big leagues. Jane butts heads with Kevin just as her younger sister, Tess, shows...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
6) Sabrina
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sabrina, the naive daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family, is obsessed with David, the family's younger son. When Sabrina returns to Long Island from Paris as a sophisticated young woman, she begins a romance with David, who has meanwhile become engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family. This new romance threatens the business interests of Linus, the older son, so he pretends to court Sabrina in order to woo her away from David,...
7) Hitch
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the secret behind the relationships unlikely sucess, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to...
8) The proposal
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
9) Alfie
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version ; Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women -- and rarely gets emotionally involved with them. But in this charming comedic drama, Alfie experiences a series of reversals that threaten his carefree lifestyle: his health is put into question, his child is adopted by another man, he gets a married woman pregnant, and when he finally does decide to settle down, he is rejected for a younger man. Capturing the changing attitudes...
10) In the cut
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Language
English
Description
Harry Burns believes sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But after a night of weakness, can the pair remain friends and admit they just might be the perfect match for each other?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The complex story of Melinda, a woman whose life is told from both a tragic and a comic perspective. Both stories involve the same woman who crashes a Manhattan dinner party, but with wildly different results.
13) Remember me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2001, New York college student Tyler is still feeling lost from the tragedy that has strained his relationship with his father when he meets Ally, a girl who understands his pain. The last thing Tyler's looking for is love, but through their passionate relationship, he finds new possibilities for happiness. It's an unforgettable story about the power of the heart, the strength of family, and the importance of treasuring every day...
14) Just my luck
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ashley is a Manhattan socialite who is the luckiest person in New York. One night she goes to a masquerade ball and meets Jake. Jake, on the other hand, has the worst luck. After Ashley kisses Jake, she is horrified to find out that the two have swapped luck. But what starts out as a terrible twist-of-fate, ends up being the best thing that has ever happened to her.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. He suffers from his constant need to be with the only woman he has ever loved, Betty Ross, and Bruce knows that he must return to civilization. Meanwhile, warmongers dream of abusing his powers and Bruce finds himself ruthlessly pursued by a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression called The Abomination, whose powers match that of the Hulk. A fight...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billionaire Thomas Crown loves courting disaster and winning! But when he meets his match in an intelligent, cunning, lady insurance investigator, a game of cat and mouse ensues.
17) Meet the parents
Language
English
Description
Greg is in love with Pam, and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things slide steadily downhill. Pam's dad, Jack, takes an instant and obvious dislike to Greg, remarking constantly about the fact that he is a male nurse. The weekend goes from bad to worse when Greg manages to, almost, destroy the house and the wedding.
18) Begin again
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
British songwriter Gretta is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend. While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan. Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.
19) The great Gatsby
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Special edition ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...
20) Sleepy Hollow
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A New York magistrate orders Ichabod Crane to travel to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate two murders. Crane is determined to apprehend the murderous Headless Horseman and prove him to be a flesh-and-blood mortal.
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