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The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared is a curious, adventurous boy who quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved. He is the...
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 2
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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English
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The four Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there. Now, crowning himself king, the evil General Miraz has taken charge. The children enlist the help of the the dwarf Trumpkin and a heroic mouse called Reepicheep and set out to find the exiled Prince Caspian, determined to see him rightfully named king.
3) Zathura
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper space-time coordinates is to finish the game, but before they can finish,...
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Although he has been missing for several years and the entire town thinks her father has abandoned her family, Meg steadfastly believes the best and protects her younger brother, Charles Wallace, from the brunt of the rumors and taunting. It is he, however, who convinces her to join him, the school sports star Calvin, and three unusual women on an interplanetary voyage to rescue their father from a vast evil.
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Willoughbys volume 1
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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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2018.
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English
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"Hocus Pocus is beloved by Halloween enthusiasts all over the world. Diving once more into the world of witches, this electrifying two-part young adult novel, released on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1993 film, marks a new era of Hocus Pocus. Fans will be spellbound by a fresh retelling of the original film, followed by the all-new sequel that continues the story with the next generation of Salem teens. Shortly after moving from California...
8) Labyrinth
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King.
9) Ender's game
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Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius...
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One night, thirteen-year-old Meg Murry meets an eccentric new neighbor, Mrs Whatsit, who refers to something called a tesseract. She later finds out it is a scientific concept her father was working on before his mysterious disappearance. The following day, Meg, her child genius brother Charles, and fellow schoolmate Calvin visit Mrs Whatsit's home, where the equally strange Mrs Who and the unseen voice of Mrs Which promise to help Meg find and rescue...
12) Peter Pan
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Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie's tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up, remains one of the most beloved children's books ever written. For nearly a hundred years, kids across the world have drifted off to sleep dreaming about Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys, pixie dust and ticking clocks, crocodiles and Captain Hook. But in spite of the story's visual richness, it has never been illustrated photographically until now. In this lavishly produced edition of the...
13) Sea level
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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When poachers steal dozens of egg sacs from Pup's reef, he makes it his mission to save his brothers and sisters, no matter how impossible the task may seem.
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Boxcar children volume 69
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While Tate Radison was filming his last movie, a lot of odd things happened. Now Tate wants to keep his presence in Greenfield a secret to avoid many more mishaps. But trouble follows him.
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Boxcar children volume 58
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are given the opportunity to be extras in a movie about the Alamo, but they are called upon to use their sleuthing skills when Claire, the star of the film, is implicated in the theft of a valuable ring.
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Allie meets Ryland, a king in Discuise staying at he htoel.llie has taken care of her brothers and sisters ever since their parents died when they were just kids, and now, she and her sister, Lisa, work as maids in a first class Manhattan hotel.
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2010
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English
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Candace finds a traffic camera that has caught Phineas and Ferb's crazy adventures on film. But Perry the Platypus is after the same camera because it has captured him in disguise as Agent P! Will Candace miss out on her chance to finally bust her brothers?
19) Revolution 19
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Revolution 19 trilogy volume 1
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Only a few escaped the robot revolution of 2071. Kevin, Nick, and Cass are lucky - they live with their parents in a secret human community in the woods. Then their village is detected and wiped out. Hopeful that other survivors have been captured by bots, the teens risk everything to save the only people they have left in the world - by infiltrating a city controlled by their greatest enemies.