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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Sometimes they're called hoods, sometimes greasers. The name changes from place to place, but it doesn't matter -- they're the outsiders, the rough, tough, long-haired boys from the "other" side of town, with little hope for fancy cars and clothes and the good things of American life. This is their story as told by Ponyboy, a greaser with good reason to fear the Socs (the more privileged boys) and a witness to the savage baiting that leads his best...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the bestselling tradition of Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng, a tightly wound and suspenseful novel about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead--and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter." -- Publisher annotation.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 13
Language
English
Description
"Defending an innocent young man, defense attorney Paul Madriani uncovers a morass of corruption and greed that leads to the highest levels of political power. One of the most successful lawyers in the country, Olinda Serna is a master at managing money as well as her influential clients. After years of fierce combat in the political trenches, Serna knows all the dirty secrets, where the bodies are buried, and how deeply they are stacked. When she's...
5) Paranoid
Author
Language
English
Description
There are people in Edgewater, Oregon, who think that 20 years ago, Rachel Gaston got away with murder. Rachel still has no idea how a foolish teenaged game turned deadly--or who replaced her soft pellet air gun with a real weapon. When a figure leapt out at her from the darkness, she fired without thinking. Too late, she recognized her half-brother, Luke, and saw blood blooming around his chest. Despite counseling, Rachel's horrifying dreams about...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
Petula and Dorothy have one thing in common - rotten taste in men, but when they cover up the accidental murder of Petula's jerk boyfriend, they hatch a scheme to collect a huge ransom. Its a perfect plan until a corrupt detective and Dorothy's old boyfriend decide that they want to get involved with the money too
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
日本語
Description
Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori's chances of winning the case seem low - his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim's family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On May 30, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, amid the protests that rocked our nation after George Floyd's death at the hands of police, thirty-eight-year-old white bar owner and Marine veteran Jake Gardner fatally shot James Scurlock, a twenty-two-year-old Black protester and young father. What followed were two investigations of Scurlock's death, one conducted by the white district attorney Don Kleine, who concluded that Gardner had legally acted in self-defense...
10) Lies & alibis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Nobody's better at lies-for-hire than retired grifter Ray Elliott. His alibi service for cheating spouses is doing a bang-up business. But when a new client accidentally kills his mistress during a weekend tryst, the desperate Ray has to enlist his fast-thinking assistant, Lola to help the mastermind with one final con. They have to outwit the cops, blackmailers and hit men who are out to bury him
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Italiano
Description
"With a lavish home and beautiful wife, hedge-fund manager Giovanni Bernaschi seemingly has it all. Meanwhile, real-estate agent Dino Ossola struggles to maintain his family's middle-class existence and faces even worse financial straits when his wife announces that she is pregnant with twins. Leveraging his daughter's relationships with Giovanni's son, Dino deceives the bank and manipulates his way into the Bernaschi hedge fund. As the destinies...
12) The last wave
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization
Series
Fox film noir volume 12
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Cop Mark Dixon is in hot water with his bosses because of his rough style and tactics. He accidentally kills a murder suspect and tries to frame a known racketeer that he despises for the crime.
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