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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
aWhen ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski recalls his early years when fate brought him to work in a traveling circus during the Depression, he is filled with memories of Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, Rosie, the elephant who couldn't follow instructions, and the love and trust that sealed their survival
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side apartment,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A collection of highlights from standup comedy routines made during a tour across America during the summer of 2002. This comedy concert headlines the top names in so-called "redneck" humor: Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy. This arrives after the four performers spent two years on the road and released the best-selling comedy record.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a...
10) Two for the show
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Chas is a detective who doesn't stake out cheating husbands, track down missing persons, or match wits with femmes fatales. Instead of pounding the pavement, he taps a computer keyboard. He can get the goods on anyone, and it's all to make sure superstar Las Vegas mind reader Wallace the Amazing stays amazing. Thanks to Chas's steady stream of stealthy intel, Wallace's mental "magic" packs houses every night. But when someone threatens to call the...
11) Bawk and roll
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Dancing chickens Marge and Lola have flown the coop to shake, wattle, and roll on tour with superstar singer Elvis Poultry. Will the hens bawk at fame and lay a rotton egg in concert? Or will they rise to the top of the pecking order and give the crowds something to crow about?"--From inside flap of dust cover.
Author
Publisher
Knock Wood
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mass on his left kidney in 2003, comic ventriloquist James Wedgwood had a decision to make: go the traditional route of surgery or use the Gerson Therapy, an alternative cancer treatement based on boosting the body's own immune system with organic juices, a nontraditional diet and intensive detoxification procedures. This book chronicles his decision and the arduous, poignant, yet surprisingly humorous journey that followed.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The daughter of Dean Martin describes life with one of Hollywood's most colorful celebrities, the ever-changing blended family of her childhood, her father's antics with his Rat Pack pals, and the impact of his fame on her own life.
15) Ray
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
To avoid being sent to a work farm, a young showman must get his production on stage; two struggling entertainers put on a benefit show for orphans; rich kid Danny Churchill teams up with the dean's daughter to keep an all-male college open; two high school students must decide to use money to help a sick friend or enter a band contest.
17) Here we are
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve: a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evie's glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville, which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in dark theatres, diverse audiences marvel at flickering images. Redwood, an African American woman, and Aidan, a Seminole Irish man, journey from Georgia to Chicago, from haunted swampland to a "city of the future." They are gifted performers and hoodoo conjurors, struggling to call up the wondrous world they imagine,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Paris, 1944 Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse's position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won't be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian that will derail the upcoming allied invasion. The resistance movement...
20) Annie Oakley
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the woman whose natural talent for shooting led her to become the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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