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Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
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A. Z. Kelley Elementary - Everyone
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Alex Green Elementary - Everyone
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Amqui Elementary - Everyone
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E San
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An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
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Donelson Middle - Teen Movie
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DVD ALI
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East Nashville Magnet Middle - Teen Movie
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Head Middle Magnet - Teen Movie
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Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Antioch High - Teen Fiction
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Antioch Middle - Teen Fiction
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Antioch Middle - Teen Fiction
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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Antioch High - Teen Fiction
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F DOE
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Cane Ridge High - Teen Fiction
F DOE
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F DOE
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East Nashville Magnet High - Teen Fiction
F DOE
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F DOE
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eAudiobook
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48 copies, 156 people are on the wait list.
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48 copies, 156 people are on the wait list.
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"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...
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U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
7) Amour
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A touching tale of a loving couple whose unbreakable bonds of marriage are tested by life's greatest challenge.
8) Amy
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The incredible story of six-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving, and vital film shines a light on our culture and the world we live in today.
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Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
10) Argo
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
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Aristotle and Dante volume 1
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Apollo Middle - Teen Fiction
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F SAE
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Cameron College Prep - Teen Fiction
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F SAE
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Cameron College Prep - Teen Fiction
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F Sae
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Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
12) Arrival
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Nashville School of the Arts - Teen Movie
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DVD F ARR
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When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
13) The artist
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In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
14) As brave as you
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Antioch Middle - Teen Fiction
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Bellevue Middle - Teen Fiction
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Cane Ridge High - Teen Fiction
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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--Provided by the publisher.
15) Avatar
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Experience the spectacular world of James Cameron's Avatar as never before with this collector's ed. release. Watch all three versions of the film, than treat your senses to an unprecedented beyond the scenes look at the greatest adventure of all time! When his twin brother dies in an accident, paraplegic ex-Marine Jake Sully takes his place on a mission to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is...
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Amqui Elementary - Kids Biography
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B REE NEL
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Andrew Jackson Elementary - Kids Biography
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Apollo Middle - Teen Everyone
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This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.
17) A ball for Daisy
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Amqui Elementary - Everyone
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E Ras
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Andrew Jackson Elementary - Everyone
E R
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Antioch High - Teen Non-Fiction
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Presents a wordless picture book about all the fun a dog named Daisy can have with her ball.
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A. Z. Kelley Elementary - Kids Biography
B Tub Cli
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B Tub Cli
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Alex Green Elementary - Kids Biography
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Andrew Jackson Elementary - Kids Biography
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B Tub Cli
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eAudiobook
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Cora Howe School - Teen Audiobook
Talking Book 973.711 Cli
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Talking Book 973.711 Cli
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Dupont Elementary - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book 973.71 Cli
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Talking Book 973.71 Cli
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Glenview Elementary - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book B Tub
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Talking Book B Tub
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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
19) before she was harriet
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20) Beginners
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A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.