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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
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Description
Based on actual events, this sweeping historical romance, considered to be Dumas' finest work, recounts the story of Edmond Dantès, a gallant young sailor whose life takes a bitter turn when, during the final days of Napoleon's reign, he is falsely accused of treason and condemned to lifelong imprisonment. After languishing for many years in a fetid dungeon, he makes his dramatic escape. In a labyrinthine tale plump with themes of justice, vengeance,...
2) S.W.A.T
Language
English
Formats
Description
When things get too tough for the cops, the cops call on the Special Weapons and Tactics unti - better known as S.W.A.T. Two wisecracking, battle-hardened veterans team up with a pair of street smart rookies to form the most free-wheeling, but effective, S.W.A.T. team ever. Their first assignment: transport an international drug kingpin to federal custody, after he's offered $100 million to anyone who will free him.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1060 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been three years since CTU agent, Jack Bauer thwarted a terrorist attempt to plunge the United States into war. Now he's back in L.A. after working undercover for six months bringing down drug lord Ramon Salazar. But then the FBI receives a phone call threatening the release of a deadly virus in Los Angeles if Salazar isn't released from prison within six hours. As CTU races to locate the virus, Jack realizes that the only way to prevent additional...
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Poland, World War II. Innocent and naive 8-year-old Bruno is bored and restless in his new home. Ignoring his mother, he sets off on an adventure in the woods. He comes across a high fence which separates him from the people he can see through it. Soon he meets a young boy in striped pajamas, and a surprising friendship develops.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1,052 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Although fired from CTU, Jack Bauer is thrust back into action after a deadly terrorist strike and the kidnapping of his new boss, the U.S. Secretary of Defense. But it's soon apparent that the kidnapping is part of a much larger plan, for every time Jack thinks he's averted disaster, a new and more ominous plot is uncovered. As CTU races to figure out the terrorists' true objective, it becomes clear that the events of the day have been years in...
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
Language
English
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison....
11) Rescue dawn
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, who escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War. He is then taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp, before he and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape.
12) Unbroken
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
13) Stone
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack Mabry, a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, in prison for arson. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision with his wife Lucetta have profound and unexpected effects on them both.
14) Rio Bravo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
15) The purge
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual twelve-hour period in which any and all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. On that night, plagued by violence and criminal activity, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking.
16) In love and war
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy.
17) Papillon
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Oscar-winner Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape. Official Selection...
18) The last castle
Language
English
Description
Court-martialed and sentenced to a maximum security military prison, renowned three-star General Eugene Irwin takes command to confront a brutally corrupt system.
Series
Publisher
Starlight Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brenda and Scott are wrongfully accused of child molestation and physical abuse. Their children are coerced into testifying against their parents.
20) The way back
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by an incredible true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to...
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