Whoopi Goldberg
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Although Alexandrea does not want to be a ballerina, her mother enrolls her in ballet school and she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital even though she is an awful dancer and suffers from stage fright.
Author
Series
Camino Island novels volume 3
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Description
"The true story is about Dark Isle, a sliver of a barrier island not far off the North Florida coast. It was settled by freed slaves three hundred years ago, and their descendants lived there until 1955, when the last one was forced to leave. The last descendant is Lovely Jackson, elderly now, who loves her birthplace and its remarkable history. But now Tidal Breese, a huge, ruthless corporate developer, wants to build a resort and casino on the island,...
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Triplets Jessica, JoAnn, and Jerzey and their friends in ballet class try to keep the building that houses The Nutcracker School from being torn down, while also trying to rescue a stray kitten.
5) Sarafina!
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The student uprising in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the backdrop for this stirring musical based on Mbongeni Ngema's play. Whoopi Goldberg stars as an inspiring schoolteacher, with Leleti Khumalo reprising her stage role as young, defiant Sarafina.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 6
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Epatha tries to spice up the choreography of the new ballet in Harlem with her free-spirited style, the rest of the Sugar Plum ballerinas encourage her to keep her toes in line.
8) Till
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley₂s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie₂s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother₂s ability to change the world.
10) Cinderella
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
This new, full-length version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella features a star-studded cast.
Pub. Date
c2002.
Description
When Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms....
12) The lion king
Description
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what...
13) Hero Quest
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A fairy tale about a grand life journey of ten-year old boy Savva, devoted to help his mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.
14) The Color Purple
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
15) The stand
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When a killer plague wipes out 99% of the world's population, the embattled survivors struggle to make their way in a post-apocalyptic reality. This 2020 adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand frames the eternal battle between good and evil, as embodied by the peaceful prophet Mother Abagail and the menacing presence Randall Flagg, and closes with a new coda written by Stephen King himself.
17) Ghost
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
18) Ghost
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Description
When a young man is murdered, he uses a zany medium to contact his living girlfriend in an effort to discover his killer and get revenge.
19) Corrina, Corrina
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
A funny, heart-warming story of a newly widowed man struggling to raise his little girl, and the woman who brings magic and laughter back into their lives when she comes to be their housekeeper.
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