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"From the prizewinning author of Mr. Fox, the Snow White fairy tale brilliantly recast as a story of family secrets, race, beauty, and vanity. In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never...
4) The way
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After his son dies while walking on the Camino de Santiago between France and Spain, a grieving father decides to finish hiking the trail in honor of his son.
5) The witches
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Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
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"Long ago, a beautiful maiden named Rapunzel lived a life of loneliness. Taken at birth by an evil witch, she remained hidden, locked within a giant tower. Then one day, a prince heard her voice through the forest. To reach her, he must climb Rapunzel's lovely locks and avoid being caught by the witch"--Unedited summary from book.
10) 1984
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The story of forbidden love and eventual betrayal set in the government controlled world of the "future"--1984.
11) A little romance
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A comedy about a boy and a girl, 13-year-olds, in Paris, who fall in love, and an old gentlemanly rascal who helps them in their plans to visit the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.
13) The omega man
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One man, one woman and a small band of healthy children are under siege by "The Family, " a dangerous group of quasi-humans who emerge at night
14) Pinocchio
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A poor, lonely carpenter longing for a real son carves a wooden puppet who magically comes to life.
16) Child 44
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When a Stalin-era Soviet Union security officer begins investigating a series of child murders, he is demoted but risks his own life to pursue the case.
18) Metropolis
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In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground and one man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes.
19) Licence to kill
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When a newlywed couple is brutally murdered, James Bond resigns from Her Majesty's Secret Service to pursue a "personal vendetta."
20) Patch Adams
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Patch Adams is a doctor like no other who believes that laughter is the best medicine, even at the risk of his career.
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