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2) The Namesake
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 18
Description
"With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. In The Namesake,...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
The people of Lawndale just don't get Daria Morgendorffer. She's cool with that. See, Daria was born alienated, and now she's just trying to make it through high school with as little human contact as possible. Popularity, friends, activities, whatever. Daria lacks enthusiasm, but she makes up for it with sarcasm. Includes all five seasons, both home movies, interviews, and more.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Norval's life has been, to put it lightly, difficult. Currently living home with his mother, the troubled young man is coming off alcohol-related struggles. So when he receives an unexpected letter from his estranged father requesting a visit, Norval catches a bus up to his dad's secluded and scenic waterfront home. Maybe reconnecting with his father will give Norval the emotional fulfillment he's been lacking. Before long, though, he notices something...
Series
Criterion collection volume 304
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
An alien, on mission a mission to obtain water, becomes a head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. Includes director Roeg's full uncut version.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Bert O'Riley is a retired Hollywood actor who has been estranged from his only daughter for many years. But when she ends up in the hospital following a car accident, social services places 10-year-old Becca, with the grandfather she's never met. Now, in the special season of surprises, Bert is about to receive the greatest gift of a lifetime.
7) Walkabout
Series
Criterion collection volume 10
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Stranded in the Australian desert, an English girl and her small brother are rescued by an aborigine boy who has journeyed into the outback on his "walkabout"--a tribal initiation into manhood.