Peter Cook
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a cabin boy on a whaling ship in 1819, discussing the realities of life aboard ship, the catching and processing of the whale, being shipwrecked, and coming home again.
4) Bedazzled
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Description
A love-starved computer technician sells his soul for seven wishes and encounters modern versions of the seven deadly sins.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"Dr. John Watson (Kingsley) is secretly a crime-solving genius. But to protect his reputation as a physician, he hires bumbling, boozy, out-of-work actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part of his fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes. The charade works until Watson mysteriously disappears, forcing the baffled, seriously inept 'Holmes' to crack the biggest case of Watson's career on his own"--Container.
6) Bedazzled
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
A short-order cook is hopelessly in love with a waitress who barely knows he's alive. Enter the Devil, who grants him seven wishes in order to win her over, but his efforts are hampered by the Seven Deadly sins including the insatiable Lillian Lust!
7) Gone to seed
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A family-run garden center is inherited by three quarreling siblings: Monty, Hilda and Winston. When the trio are duped into handing the deed over to a wealthy land developer, the triplets must join forces to save their plantation. Of course, three minds working together to sabotage a deal gone bad might not be too tough, but they will have to stop turning on each other for five minutes.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A strange rule of inheritance allows only the last remaining survivor of a family of siblings to get the sizable legacy, precipitating a dangerous contest between two elderly brothers. Their families get involved too, sparking a wild chase and absurd comedy as they attempt to be the last man standing.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
"Dr. John Watson (Kingsley) is secretly a crime-solving genius. But to protect his reputation as a physician, he hires bumbling, boozy, out-of-work actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part of his fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes. The charade works until Watson mysteriously disappears, forcing the baffled, seriously inept 'Holmes' to crack the biggest case of Watson's career on his own"--Container.
10) Bedazzled
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
A love-starved computer technician sells his soul for seven wishes and encounters modern versions of the seven deadly sins.
11) Supergirl
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Supergirl, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth in search of a missing Krypton power source - a gem that's been made a paperweight. She battles a mad villain and a jealous dark sorceress; the latter for both the orb and the affections of one man.
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