Walden Media.
1) Wonder
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on the New York Times best-seller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
2) Nim's island
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen. It is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
Language
English
Description
Lucy Pevenise, along with her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister, Susan, are in London during the initial bombing raids of WW II. Like many families, their parents decide to send them to the country for safer keeping. Peter, the oldest, is told to watch over the children and make sure they stay safe. This simple request will test Peter's ability to protect his siblings, especially after Lucy discovers an amazing secret. The children...
5) Tooth Fairy
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Derek Thompson is one of the toughest hockey players around until he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as the world's most unlikely tooth fairy. Even though he must sport frilly wings and learn the magical tricks of the trade from his silver-winged superiors, Derek's determined to do the job HIS way and prove he's got what it takes.
Language
English
Description
In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her...
8) Holes
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An ancient family curse sends Young Stanley Yelnats to Camp Green Lake, now sans lake or anything green, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character." Stanley and his campmates forge friendships and attempt to unearth the mystery of what's really going on at Camp Green Lake.
El joven Stanley Yelnats se encuentra en el campamiento Lago Verde, donde se sumerge de cabeza en la aventura de su vida debido a una antigua maldici�on...
Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Six savvy teen geniuses are handpicked to be part of a summer space camp competition at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. As the competition heats up, the kids whose smarts rival those of the NASA scientists they emulate have no idea that their ultimate challenge will be to solve a dangerous crisis aboard the International Space Station. Can this group of teen geniuses use their skills and abilities to work together as a team?"--Container Back.