William Bell
1) Death Wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
Allie's life has just taken a turn for the worse; not only do her parents fight all the time, but she is failing more classes than not and now she thinks she might be pregnant. Unable to face up to her parents she decides to run away. She hooks up with her old friend Razz, a professional skateboarder, and goes on the road. Razz is ranked number one but constant confrontations with the challenger Slash put Allie in some dangerous situations. With the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
La vida de Allie ha dado un giro terrible. Sus padres se pelean todo el tiempo, le está yendo muy mal en la escuela y, por si fuera poco, piensa que tal vez esté embarazada. Incapaz de enfrentar a sus padres, decide irse de su casa y tomar la carretera con su amigo Razz, un patinador profesional de skateboarding. Cuando un enfrentamiento pone a Allie en peligro, Razz y Allie deciden volver, pero pasan justo por el camino de un tornado. Para sobrevivir...
3) The boy
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's eight-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son twenty years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
In 1989, emergency responders received a 911 call from Maria Rossi, confessing that she had brutally killed three people. Twenty years later, her daughter Isabella seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. She recruits two young exorcists to cure her mom...
7) Zack
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The son of a Jewish father and black mother, high school senior Zack has never been allowed to meet his mother's family, but after doing a research project on a former slave, he travels from his home in Canada to Natchez, Mississippi to find his grandfather.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel. Throwaway Daughter tells the dramatic and moving story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen -- until the day she witnesses...
11) Separation
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Maggie is tragically killed in a hit-and-run, Jeff and daughter Jenny try to piece together a new life. But when Maggie's father sues for custody, and babysitter Samantha tries to be the new woman of the house, life in their Brooklyn townhome takes a dark turn." --
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Documentary celebrating the intergenerational, interracial, and undeniable influence of Memphis, Tennessee on American culture and its music, bringing together award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians for a one-of-a-kind musical project and following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album. Features Terrence Howard, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Frayser Boy, North...
17) Wattstax
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Documents the concert that came to be known as 'the Black Woodstock,' held on the anniversary of 1965 Watts Riot, and had 100,000 in attendance." --