Whoopi Goldberg
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Brenda Black tells her spoiled cousin Tiffany that she owns a pair of ballerina Camilla Freeman's toeshoes, but then Tiffany demands to see the shoes, which actually belong to the headmistress of Brenda's ballet school.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 3
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Perfectionist Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Both hilarious and helpful, this practical and unapologetic health and lifestyle guide tells it like it is for women who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in their golden years. Hecht and Goldberg provide a lively conversation about growing older with no apologies.
7) Sister act
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A lounge singer witnesses a mob hit and must hide out until she can testify against the killers. The police put her in the custody of a convent, where she soon begins to transform the choir.
10) Till
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her fourteen-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
13) Call me Claus
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A producer at a television shopping channel unwittingly hires the real Santa Claus to appear on her program, who in turn chooses her as his replacement when he is forced to retire after 200 years.
17) Blizzard
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The story of a young ice scater and a magical reindeer.
19) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The story of Celie, a poor black woman from the south, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husband.