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Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Language
English
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New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Author
Series
Jurassic Park volume Book 1
Language
English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-Times
An...
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-Times
An...
4) Wild ride
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Mary Alice Brannigan comes home to Ohio to restore the Dreamland amusement park, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a clown. Nor does she expect to find that she's the newest recruit in the Guardia, an elite team of demon fighters formed centuries before to guard the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world, now imprisoned right there in Dreamland.
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this “marvelously creepy thrill ride of a book that keeps twisting until the very end” (Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying)
“The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre...
“The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre...
Author
Series
Hot Rod Hamster (Picture books) volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the No. 1 best seller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Annie - the little girl Eddie saved on Ruby Pier--and the five people she meets in heaven, where she is reunited with Eddie in a surprising and unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect"--
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's...
13) Jumbo
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Language
Français
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Description
Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. She still lives at home with her mother and is fascinated with lights and carousels. When Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction, a thrilling and unique romance ensues.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home when she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before...
15) Jurassic Park
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
This epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
16) Nope
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Barbie and her friends have gotten jobs at Mermaid Park, an amusement park filled with the coolest water rides! It's a dream come true, until valuable purple pearls are mysteriously being stolen from the sea! Children ages 4 to 6 will love to discover how Barbie and her friends catch the thief in this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader.
18) Hot dog girl
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A lovesick teenager schemes to win the heart of her crush at her amusement park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog.
20) The Kingdom
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.
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