Jim Broadbent
Author
Series
Harold Fry novel volume 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
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Description
Recently retired, Harold Fry lives in a small English village with a wife who seems irritated by everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next until a letter arrives in the mail from a woman he hasn't heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy, in hospice, is writing to say goodbye. Harold pens a quick reply, but a chance encounter at the corner mailbox convinces him that he must deliver it in person. So Harold sets off on a six-hundred...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Presents A. A. Milne's 1926 classic--complete with Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations--in which a small boy named Christopher Robin embarks on a series of adventures with Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Owl, and the roly-poly Winnie-the-Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood.
3) London spy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After his lover Alex is found dead under suspicious circumstances, exposing Alex's real identity as an MI6 operative, Danny sets out to find the truth behind his murder.
4) Exile
Series
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After his successful London career implodes, journalist Tom Ronstadt returns to his hometown in Lancashire for the first time in 18 years and finds his father Sam in the grip of Alzheimer's. Tom is trying to unravel the mystery that drove him away from home. He persists, unaware that a devastating crime that will reveal unimaginable secrets.
6) The Duke
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and...
Publisher
UniversalStudios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One morning, a busy London market is decimated by an explosion. In the manhunt that follows, only one member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan, who is arrested and jailed. Martin and Claudia are lawyers and ex-lovers who find themselves bound together again and put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial.
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...
10) The iron lady
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
11) Arthur Christmas
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child₂s question: ₁So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?₂ The answer: Santa₂s exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
12) Inkheart
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long lost book that...
Series
Harry Potter volume 6
Language
English
Description
Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Hogwarts, once thought to be a safe haven, may no longer be safe. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Harry will have to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses, a critical piece...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors heralding the rise of National Socialism. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm but the authorities believe he is the problem.
15) Cloud atlas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
16) Gone to seed
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A family-run garden center is inherited by three quarreling siblings: Monty, Hilda and Winston. When the trio are duped into handing the deed over to a wealthy land developer, the triplets must join forces to save their plantation. Of course, three minds working together to sabotage a deal gone bad might not be too tough, but they will have to stop turning on each other for five minutes.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
Not that Bridget is counting, but it's been six wonderful weeks, four fabulous days, and seven precious hours with one flawless boyfriend, Mark. But when mischievous and devilishly charming Daniel arrives on the scene claiming to be a reformed man, can Bridget find a way to make true love last forever?
18) King of thieves
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on the infamous true events.
19) Le week-end
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A British couple celebrating their thirtieth wedding anniversary return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there and attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by a magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins ?temporarily? parks her van in Alan Bennett?s (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait.