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1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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The Clone Wars fills in the blanks of the original Star Wars film, when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi Knight, the same as Luke's father, and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Follows Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, and introduces us to new characters such as Ahsoka Tano, Anakin's Padawan learner.
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Darth Vader has been secretly pursuing his own agenda, but now it is time for the End of Games. As Inspector Thanoth returns with some startling information, it seems that Vader may have passed his master's tests. But even after finding favor in the eyes of the Emperor, the Dark Lord's schemes may yet prove his undoing... Plus, the killer droids Triple-Zero and Beetee wreak havoc in their own homicidal adventure! Marvel's in-depth exploration of...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Hollywood, 1946. The war is over, and Clara Berg spends her days shelving reels as a vault girl at Silver Pacific Studios. All her dreams are pinned on getting a break in film editing. When she returns a reel of film to storage one night, Clara stumbles across the lifeless body of a woman in Vault 5. The costume, the makeup, the ash-blond hair are unmistakable: it's Babe Bannon, A-list star. And it looks like murder. As the Silver Blonde murder ignites...
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Gene Hammons novels volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Phoenix, 1933: A young city with big dreams and dark corners. Great War veteran and rising star Gene Hammons lost his job as a homicide detective when he tried to prove that a woman was wrongly convicted of murder to protect a well-connected man. Now a private investigator, Hammons makes his living looking for missing persons -- a plentiful caseload during the Great Depression, when people seem to disappear all the time. But his routine is disrupted...
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"Spirited away to Hollywood from Mexico City, Dolores del Río becomes an instant star, swept up into Tinseltown's glitzy inner circle, until, amidst her tumultuous personal life, she becomes box office poison amid growing prejudice before World War II, forcing her to decide what price she's willing to pay to achieve her dreams"--
1910, Mexico. The country's revolution spreads. Dolores, daughter of a wealthy banker, must flee her comfortable life...
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