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1) Kickoff!
Author
Series
Barber twins volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming and harrowing, the award-winning filmmaker and his brother, an audience-favorite actor, share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
"With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to the very heart of all human behavior.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A brother of an autistic child profiled in the trilogy that began with A Boy Called Noah describes the challenges he faced growing up in his brother's shadow, in an account that interweaves the social history of autism and its related research with the author's sideline experiences in childhood and adulthood.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of Franz Wisner, a man who thought he had it all- a high profile career and the fiancée of his dreams- when suddenly, his life turned upside down. Just days before they were to be married, his fiancée called off the wedding. Luckily, his large support network of family and friends wouldn't let him succumb to his misery. They decided Franz should have a wedding and a honeymoon anyway- there just wouldn't be a bride at the ceremony,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who worked hard to overcome obstacles and became National Football League stars, one as runningback for the New York Giants, the other as cornerback for the Tampa Bay Bucs.
8) Game day
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the...
10) Teammates
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A story of teamwork and perserverance based on the childhood of National Football League stars and twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Titone's first book is an eyeopening new look at the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. By asking why John Wilkes Booth did what he did, Titone explores fresh ground--and in so doing reveals a sibling rivalry of shocking consequence.
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