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"When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim? But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of...
23) The wizard of Oz
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Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. She has a pet dog named Toto. When Miss Gulch takes Toto away, Toto escapes and runs back to Dorothy. Soon, she runs away from home, and runs into the fake psychic, Professor Marvel. He tells Dorothy that her Auntie Em is sick, so Dorothy and Toto run back home, but a tornado comes and takes Dorothy and Toto to Oz, a place somewhere over the rainbow. She lands in Munchkinland. Her house accidentally...
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2001
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Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to...
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[2003]
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Jimmy and Cindy have to team up for a school science project. For his history report, Nick tells about the Phantom of Retroland. Then Jimmy needs some chemicals in order to finish an experiment. When Jimmy is elected the new hall monitor, he vows to bring hall monitoring into the 21st century. It's another invention mishap for Jimmy. Jimmy creates a "get out of school" patch that makes kids sick when they wear it. Jimmy develops a "Dream injector...
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2011.
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Just through the rainbow, in the world of Fairytopia, lives Elina, a beautiful flower fairy who longs to have wings. Her home is a large flower in the Magic Meadow where she lives with Bibble, a quirky but lovable puffball. One day Elina wakes to find that her flower home is sick, and that her fairy friends can't fly! She summons the courage to help and embarks on a fantastic journey to find Azura, a Guardian Fairy she thinks can solve the problem....
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Hank the Cowdog volume 7
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p1987
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In "The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob" when Pete the Barncat offers to trade good, juicy steak scraps for a couple of old corncobs; Hank the Cowdog smells a rat. The cobs must be worth a fortune! So, armed with his Incredible Priceless Corncobs, Hank takes Early Retirement. But the life of luxury isn't what Hank expects. Everyone's after his treasure--even Drover! Can Hank save his fortune, or will he give it up for the sake of the ranch?...
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2020.
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"Mary Lennox is a sad and sickly girl. She acts bitter to everyone around her and doesn't mind that she doesn't have friends; she doesn't need them. When she moves to a dark, gloomy manor to live with her uncle, she has no interest in exploring her new home -- until she learns that there is a secret, locked garden somewhere on the grounds. In this new adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, The Secret Garden is a beautiful story of...