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When a college student working on her thesis takes care of a sickly boy with many allergies, she discovers that his family is hiding some dark secrets.

"Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall--a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?"--

When a headstrong street teen gets into a fight that releases mystical powers, he is drawn into a world of magic and must fight to take his place among the Knights of the Zodiac.

"Maddie thinks she''s found the answer to her financial troubles when she discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, and bring him out of his shell before he leaves for college. But awkward Percy proves to be more of a challenge than she expected, and time is running out. She has one summer to make him a man or lose it all"--

An absorbing drama about a Belgian teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of abusing illegal alien workers.

Matilda: Matilda is a super-smart little girl who is woefully ignored and ridiculed by her self-centered parents. They send her to a school with a mean, bullying principal, where she learns she has special powers that can help her, her friends, and her kind and gentle teacher. Jumanji: When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers, until he is magically transported before the startled eyes of...