Edward Asner
1) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
2) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
An eight part series, which chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
After rescuing the pilot of a space shuttle carrying two strange meteors, Spider-Man notices a stain on his costume and a change in his behavior. Spider-Man must find a way to stop Venom from wreaking havoc on the city.
5) Elf
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
7) Up DVD)
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1981
Language
English
Description
Outside the walls of a Bronx police precinct office are the murders, the riots, the drugs, and the everyday lives that texture the bleak urban landscape. Inside, amidst corruption and indifference, each officer does what he must to survive his tour of duty.
9) Elf
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A young orphan child mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag and is transported back to the North Pole to be raised as an elf. Years later, Buddy learns he is not really an elf and goes on a journey to New York to find his true identity.
Publisher
[Acorn Media]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmastime in turn-of-the-century Toronto, and Murdoch and Dr. Ogden attend a charity gala for sick children. They find the host, dressed as Santa Claus, dead from a broken neck. To make matters worse, all the presents collected for the children have been stolen. When witnesses report hearing a wild animal near the scene, Crabtree suspects the legendary creature Krampus is the culprit.
11) The bachelor
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Faced with the choice of getting married within 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon is suddenly desperate to get to the altar.
12) Up
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
13) The animal
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Marvin is a police evidence clerk who dreams of becoming a real cop someday, he answers a 911 call of a burglary in progress. Seeing this as his opportunity to prove he is cut out to be an officer, he races off to the burglary. But enroute Marvin has a freak car accident and awakens to find that a deranged scientist secretly used animal organs to rebuild his broken parts. Then he finds himself falling in love with the sexy Rianna and its animal magnetism...
15) Actual innocence
Author
Language
English
Description
When Greg Monarch is contacted by an ex-girlfriend to help overturn a murder conviction, he travels to the small town where the murder occurred and uncovers a decades-old scandal that threatens Sara's life and the livelihood of the town.