James Hilton
2) Lost horizon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Awarded Hawthornden Prize, 1934. On the northwestern frontier of India, Conway was a passenger on a plane taken over by a native pilot and never heard of again. What Conway found in ShangriLa makes the story.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1941]
Language
English
Description
Englishman with a three-year gap in memory is compelled to search for his lost personal life.
Charles Rainier's family feared him lost along with so many of Britain's youth during the Great War. But two years after he was reported missing in action, he appears in a Liverpool hospital with no memory of the time that has passed. Rainier marries and embarks on a life of relative success, but he still cannot recall his time on the battlefield--until...
Author
Publisher
Yoyo Libros
Pub. Date
pc2005.
Language
Español
Description
Es la historia de Mr. Chips, un modesto profesor en una escuela provinciana, que ve pasar generaciones enteras de alumnos y que vive una vida basada en los recuerdos y en las tradiciones escolares.
A story of a modest teacher in a provincial school who teaches generation after generation of families.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Evacuated from World War II London, a precocious girl and her little brother move to the Welsh countryside; Follows the life of a dedicated English school teacher; an orphan girl brings happiness to a small town; after their father is falsely imprisoned, three children take solace with the characters at their local train station.
8) Lost horizon
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
10) Camille
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co./Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A shy British school master named Mr. Chipping devotes his life to teaching "his boys" after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine. Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years.
12) My little eye
Publisher
Distributed by Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Five young adults apply to live in an isolated house together for six months while their every move is filmed by numerous cameras. Each has their reason for wanting to be there -- fame, money, adventure. The prize is one million dollars. The rules are simple -- if one person leaves the house for any reason, everyone loses. But what dark secret does the house harbor that leaves them feeling as though they are being watched by more than just a million...