Danny DeVito
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover.
Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia volume season 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Whether it's underage drinking, homophobia or smokers' rights, no subject is off limits for the hilariously warped gang at Paddy's Pub. The staff of this neighborhood bar takes dysfunction and political incorrectness to wickedly hilarious extremes. Knock one back with Mac, Charlie, Dennis, his sister Dee, and their nihilistic father Frank, as their twisted and self-obsessed worldviews lead to awkward and outrageous misadventures, from sleeping with...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Romancing the stone: When her sister is kidnapped by thugs searching for a priceless jewel in the Colombian jungle, a romance novelist sets out to rescue her and meets up with a handsome fortune seeker.
The jewel of the Nile: In the sequel to Romancing the stone, our heroes are back on the trail andin the fast lane on a perilous trek through the fierce North African Desert to find the mysterious "jewel."
4) Matilda
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Matilda uses her telekentic powers to get even with her parents, her brother and the evil school principal and also helps her friends and a caring teacher.
Formats
Description
When Gabbie and her son, Travis, move into a beautiful old mansion only to find they are sharing it with hundreds of pesky ghosts, they reach out to anyone who could possibly help, not knowing they will all become trapped within its walls. The Hatbox Ghost has captured 999 souls and only needs one more to free himself from what binds him to the property, but a discredited academic with his own haunted past may be the only thing standing between the...
6) Dumbo
Series
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
7) Solitary man
Description
Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker, discovers that he is not the man he wanted to be. Through many business and romantic indiscretions he has lost his once successful car dealership. Now he must make the decision to face the challenges of his not so youthful life.
8) Get Shorty
Pub. Date
2005, c1995
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
9) The Lorax
Pub. Date
c2012
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Ted will do anything to find a real live Truffula Tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams. As he embarks on his journey, Ted discovers the incredible story of the Lorax, a grumpy but charming creature who speaks for the trees.
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will...
10) The Big kahuna
Description
Three industrial lubricant salesmen at a convention where anything can happen and careers can be made or ruined on a handshake. Now, with their futures on the line, they must put their trust in a greenhorn sales rep as they pursue the ultimate sale.--Container.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
With the gang spread across the country (and beyond) at college, Spencer is back to feeling out of place, even when he returns home over winter break. Desperate to escape his grandfather who is sharing his room, and to feel confident again, he attempts to fix the broken Jumanji video game, giving his friends no choice but to level up and return to rescue him.
12) Migration
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England Pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
15) Tin men
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Two less-than-honest aluminum siding salesmen meet in a fender bender, but their bruised egos and quick tempers turn the minor accident into a major vendeta against each other's symbols of success--their prized Cadillacs.
Two less-than-honest aluminum siding salesmen meet in a fender bender, but their bruised egos and quick tempers turn the minor accident into a major vendetta against each other's symbols of success--their prized Cadillacs.
16) Matilda
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Matilda is a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents, her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.
Description
Free-spirited con Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) fakes insanity and moves into the state mental hospital with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward.
18) The Good Night
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Gary Sheller is caught in a mid-life crisis: dead-end job, depressing life and a deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend, Dora. That is, until he meets Anna, the girl of his dreams. Able to see her only while asleep, Gary seeks out an expert on lucid dreaming techniques who agrees to help Gary carry on the most satisfying relationship of his life. But as Gary continues to shun reality, his waking life troubles only worsen
20) Ruthless people
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Sam Stone (DeVito) is ruthless. When his shrill wife Barbara (Midler) is nabbed by inept kidnappers, Sam cries tears of joy and refuses to pay the ransom.
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