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424) Twentieth century interpretations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: a collection of critical essays
Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
c1968
Language
English
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The nutty professor I: An overweight chemist creates a potion to make him the lean and charming self-centered Buddy Love.
The nutty professor II: Professor Klump finds romance with a lovely fellow geneticist. When his alter ego Buddy Love breaks out and threatens trouble, its up to the rest of the hefty Klump family to save the day.
Bowfinger: With the help of Jiff Ramsey, brother to Hollywood's biggest star, Hollywood's least successful director...
427) La apelaci�on
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espa�nol
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Español
Description
When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
430) Vicksburg, 1863
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While Gettysburg is better known, Vicksburg was the more important battle from a strategic point of view according to the author, Winston Groom. Here he details the struggle by the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River valley and to divide the Confederacy in two. We see Grant's determination, the feistiness of William Tecumseh Sherman, and the pride and intransigence of Confederate leaders from Jefferson Davis and General Joseph E. Johnston...
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Two John Grisham best-selling books come to life on the big screen in this drama-filled double-pack. The Pelican Brief finds Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington courting danger as they uncover a conspiracy tied to the murders of two Supreme Court Justices. Then Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock join forces to save a black man from death in A Time to Kill." --Container.
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses events leading up to the removal of the Cherokee from their homelands, hardships faced on the Trail of Tears, challenges of the new territory in Oklahoma, and the Cherokee nation today.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the U.S. government's removal of the Cherokee from their ancestral homes in Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated guide from National Geographic reveals 500 of the best tent, cabin, glamping, and RV campgrounds-including opening dates, booking information, activity recommendations, and more-in all 50 states and Canada"--
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