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Description
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
2) Abe
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. However, when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with his family and his passions and whether even the most lovingly...
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012],c2011
Description
A spoiled Philadelphia pre-teen is a fish out of water when she and her parents move to the country as the result of economic hard times. After befriending an amazing horse and making a misguided journey back to her old life, she discovers that her family is her true home.
4) Sounder
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Description
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of various people along the road.
5) Robo
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Mitya is an imaginative twelve-year-old boy, who loves to draw comics of superheroes and dreams of becoming an artist. His parents have built and programmed a Universal Rescue Robot, aka ROBO, to rescue people from dangerous situations. Due to ROBO's alleged malfunction, the director of the research facility deems the fled robot as a menace to society. In his search for a family, ROBO meets Mitya, and the two form a true friendship while on the run....
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When changing times force tween girl Kristen to leave the city for the countryside, she struggles to deal with school friends and a handsome young ranch hand. But Kristen finds comfort in a new friend: a horse! By chatting telepathically with her faithful bronco Stanford, Kristen gains the confidence she needs to face the brave new world of adolescence.
7) The hedgehog
Publisher
Neo Classics Films Ltd
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The timely story of a girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. When Paloma's camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renee's back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"Day of the Dot": Big Pete battles with the marching band. "Nightcrawlers": Little Pete tries to extend his bedtime. "King of the road": The family goes on a road trip. "Tool and die": Big Pete goes through shop class. "Rangeboy": Big Pete gets a job at Dad's driving range. "When Petes collide": The Petes battle for Dad's bowling ball. "Don't tread on Pete": Big Pete learns about the Revoloutionary War. "Hard day's Pete": Little Pete searches for...
Series
Criterion collection volume 776
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Formats
Description
On an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, two twelve-year-olds fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Description
A sports lawyer and his partner, an ex-hockey player, find their lives turned completely upside down when a young boy comes to live with them, which will have them questioning everything they thought they knew about themselves, each other, and love.
12) Knuckleball
Publisher
Freestyle
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After his grandfather unexpectedly dies in the night, twelve year old Henry finds himself cut off and alone on an isolated farm. When his nearest neighbor, Dixon realizes that the boy has no one to protect him, Henry becomes a target for reasons he cannot understand. With his parents at least 24 hours from returning, and a massive snowstorm brewing Henry retreats into the house and prepares for a siege.
Publisher
[Distributed by] Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
It's life in the big city, with Grandpa, Grandma, Abner the pig, and a host of other friends and neighbors, the likes of which couldn't be found anywhere else but here, on Hey Arnold! Kick back and enjoy the full Season 1 collection of the cult favorite that made football-headed 4th graders all the rage!
15) Life-size
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Description
"Tale of a young girl's toy that turns out to be a truly living doll! Sad and lonely after the death of her mother, Casey would do anything to see her again. But when a series of mystic mishaps mistakenly brings her fashion doll 'Eve' to life instead, it changes Casey's world forever!"--Container.
Series
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Mia is an awkward twelve-year-old who recently arrived at a new boarding school, where she is given a book and bracelet that are more than they appear to be on the surface. The items have the power to transport Mia to a magical storybook world, Centopia, where she becomes a flying elf who has the ability to talk to unicorns. In Centopia, Mia is given the task of saving the land's unicorns from an evil queen.
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