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Encourage curiosity and problem solving! (K-5th Grade)
Mondays; 4:30 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the authors of The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All, comes the first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980s cinema--how eight legendary sci-fi films changed Hollywood forever In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names--altering...
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
A young boy is swept into a group of time traveling dwarves. The dwarves have stolen a map to holes in the space-time continuum in order to loot the past of its riches.
"Cheerfully irreverent!"--New York Times
"One of the greatest fantasy movies ever made!"--Entertaiment Weekly
"Outrageously funny, incredibly spectacular!"--Us Magazine
5) Maximum ride
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
7) Passengers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
10) Real steel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
11) Contact
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
12) Elysium
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the year 2154 two groups of people remain; the extremely wealthy who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth. Max decides to embark on a mission that could bring equality to the opposed worlds.
14) The thing
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A twelve man research team in the Antarctic finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and remained buried in the snow for 100,000 years. When it is thawed it creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.
16) Fahrenheit 451
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Werner stars as a fireman in charge of burning books in a future where reading is a crime. Christie plays a dual role as his wife and his book-collecting mistress.
17) Gattaca
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the future when one's genetic code can be altered, read and judged, Vincent, an "In-valid", takes over the personality of one of the genetic elite in order to become a space navigator.
18) Rocketeer
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
In the 1930's an adventurous young pilot discovers a rocketpack that turns him into the Rocketeer, then must fight off bad guys who want the pack for a weapon.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2016, and America is on the verge of economic disaster. The greatest citizens are being targeted, and dark forces are working to bring about America's final days. A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her.
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