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(0)Avery Brooks
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English
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Once upon a time, Sam and Ashley were other girls.
Three years after the loss of her wife to a brain aneurysm, 34-year-old Samantha Parker focuses her energy on caring for her young son, Jake. She can't imagine ever falling in love again, so she focuses on putting one foot in front of the other and being the best mom she can be. It's not a perfect life, but as long as her son is happy and her softball team keeps winning, everything is fine. That...
2) Sounder
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 48
Language
English
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It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree.
When Alex was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother used to tell him stories about their family, stories that went way back to a man she called "the African" who was taken aboard
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Captains Close Up volume 2
Language
English
Description
A look at Patrick Stewart, who played the iconic role of Starship Captain in the wildly popular Star Trek franchise.
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Captains Close Up volume 3
Language
English
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A look at Avery Brooks, who played the iconic role of Starship Captain in the wildly popular Star Trek franchise.
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Captains Close Up volume 1
Language
English
Description
A look at William Shatner, who played the iconic role of Starship Captain in the wildly popular Star Trek franchise.
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Captains Close Up volume 4
Language
English
Description
A look at Kate Mulgrew, who played the iconic role of Starship Captain in the wildly popular Star Trek franchise.
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Captains Close Up volume 5
Language
English
Description
William Shatner interviews Scott Bakula, who also played the iconic role of Starship Captain in the wildly popular Star Trek franchise
11) The Captains
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English
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More than 40 years after he first took command of the starship Enterprise, William Shatner interviews other actors who have played captains in the "Star Trek" universe, including Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula and Chris Pine.