Christopher Reeve
1) Still me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"The whole world held its breath when Christopher Reeve struggled for life on Memorial Day, 1995. On the third jump of a riding competition, Reeve was thrown headfirst from his horse in an accident that broke his neck and left him unable to move or breathe." "In the years since then, Reeve has not only survived, but has fought for himself, for his family, and for the hundreds of thousands of people with spinal cord injuries in the United States and...
6) Deathtrap
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Murder mystery set in a remote country house, concerning a play, its authors, and their road to success.
9) The Aviator
Pub. Date
2002, 1985
Description
Edgar Anscombe, an airmail pilot and former World War I fighter pilot, reluctantly takes Tillie Hansen as a passenger in his biplane on a cross-country journey. When the plane crashes and the two must rely on each other to survive, they begin to fall in love.
Description
While Olivia's simple wedding plans get wildly out of hand once Hetty takes over and alienates everyone in the family. Sara trades places with a street-smart waif that passes as her double. She lands in serious danger when she runs away from home with Gus Pike. It ends with the death of Marilla Cuthbert.
11) Morning Glory
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Will Parker arrives in the small town of Whitney, after spending five years in Huntsville Prison for killing someone in La Grange, Texas. Through an ad in the local paper, Will discovers that Emily, a recently widowed mother of two small boys, is actively looking for a husband and father. Star-crossed loners, Will and Emily decide to make a go of their collective plight and Will moves into the barn on her farm. When a local woman is found murdered,...
12) Everyone's hero
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
/the Remain of the Day: Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths - as he serves his master, Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (The Servant). Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s, is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government.Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a...
14) Superman II
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
This epic takes up where Superman: The Movie left off. Superman deals with a trio of fugitive Kryptonian villains whose powers rival Superman's own.
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
"Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner join forces when the women simultaneously give birth-- and the reign of horror begins"--Container.
16) Deathtrap
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After seeing his latest play fail on opening night, Sidney Bruhl receives a promising manuscript from one of his students, Clifford Anderson. Sidney and his wife Myra lure Clifford to their East Hampton home for the weekend where they plan to murder him and steal his manuscript.
17) Superman III
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Superman III reveals the answer and adds a third all-star chapter to the amazing adventures of Superman. Gus Gorman is a genial half-wit who just happens to be a natural-born genius at computer programming. In his hands, a computer keyboard turns into a deadly weapon and soon, Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his career.
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
As an infant, Superman is sent to earth from the doomed planet Krypton. As he grows up, he learns he has super powers which he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. But the time comes when Superman's powers for good are revealed to the world. Superman battles with supercriminal Lex Luthor and his cohorts as they attempt to destroy California by activating the San Andreas fault
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Re-experience Christopher Reeve in his signature role in this double feature of Superman 3 and Superman 4. Watch the Man of Steel battle himself after a Kryptonite exposure, attend his high school reunion, and assist Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) in battling a super computer in Superman 3. In the 4th film, watch Superman clash with Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) and Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), and see him save the Statue of Liberty, plug a volcanic eruption...