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82) Nope
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Meet Darby who more than anything else in the world just wants to have fun. He learns about the Wonderful Land of Ha's, an amusement park with all the fixins. The park also has a mysterious wizard who promises to make dreams come true. Darby is determined to go and he makes a choice that will change his life forever. Will it be worth everything Darby has given up?
84) Lifetime passes
Author
Publisher
Surely Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lifetime Passes is a twisted tale about magical theme parks, surprising loopholes, and new friends Jackie Chavez loves her local theme park, Kingdom Adventure, more than anything else in the world. So, when her tía Gina says they can't afford passes for next season, Jackie is crushed. But her next trip to the park exposes a dark secret: if someone dies on the property the rest of their party gets lifetime passes. Jackie and her friends plot to bring...
Author
Series
Sinister summer series volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twins Theo and Alexander and their sister Wil are abruptly dropped off at their Aunt Saffronia's house, where they learn they must complete a series of tasks in order to see their parents again -- and their first assignment is at a waterpark.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys secret files volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frank and Joe are excited to learn that Thrill Kingdom, their local amusement park, is having a contest for kids to design a brand-new ride. And they're even more excited that their friend Phil is entering. But on the day of the contest, someone ruins Phil's roller coaster contest entry. Since it had been kept in a locked room while awaiting final judging it's up to Frank and Joe to figure out the twists and turns of this coaster caper!
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Simon Masrani accidentally destroys one of the park's main attractions (he should really learn how to fly that helicopter), he calls upon his trusted employee Claire to save the day. Claire comes up with a perfect solution that will delight Masrani and kids everywhere; the Indominus rex. Disaster strikes after the Indominus eats all the hot dogs, and escapes from his pen. The dinsaur trainer Owen Grady saves the day with an epic battle between...
88) Action Park: fast times, wild rides, and the untold story of America's most dangerous amusement park
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed...
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eddie awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"....
90) Hot dog girl
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A lovesick teenager schemes to win the heart of her crush at her amusement park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog.
Elouise (Lou) Parker just landed a job at Magic Castle Playland-- as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the Princess of the park. Her best friend Seeley, the carousel operator, isn't interested in Lou's attempts to set her up with the perfect girl, or...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An accomplished executive with a troubled past navigates a new relationship with her boss . . . but she's about to learn that love is a roller coaster ride.To the world, amusement park executive Hailey Ashton is a woman on her way up. Few know that beneath her tough exterior, she leads a life of quiet emptiness in the shadow of her gorgeous sister. Then Hailey meets Tyler Scott, her wealthy, self-assured new boss and the single father...
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
Español
Description
Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in heaven each with a story to share, a secret to reveal and a lesson. The have profound meanings for Eddie on the real purpose of his life.
93) Joyland
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The most lovable--yet unlikely--pair of besties is back! Pickles decides it's time to make good on an IOU that Albert forgot he gave him four years ago and request that they take a trip to Wizard's Wharf! Albert begrudgingly agrees to accompany his best friend, but amusement parks aren't really his thing. Pickles is determined to make Albert feel the magic around him, but even after exploring all the rides, games, mazes, and prizes that Wizard's...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Welcome back to Westworld, where the puppet show is over and the newly liberated 'hosts' are coming for humankind. In Season Two, Dolores takes charge, Maeve is on a mission and the Man in Black is back. Chaos takes control in this dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness, the birth of a new form of life, and the evolution of sin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Step right up, folks, and welcome to...Adventure Kingdom When wannabe streamer Clark sneaks into Adventure Kingdom, all he wants is a peek at the theme park he loved as a kid - plus a cool livestream for his fans. But once he meets Karoline, the granddaughter of its creator, it's clear the park has other plans for them - and the magical coin that brought them together."-- cover page 4.
97) Dragon Ops
Author
Series
Dragon Ops volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ian is thrilled to beta test the mixed-reality version of his favorite game, but unless he, his sister, Lilli, and their cousin Derek defeat the dragon, it will be game over.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 131
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The threat of blackmail lures sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer Ava and nine other teens--all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost--to an abandoned amusement park on Portgrave Pier, and when bad weather and magic cut them off from the mainland, Ava and the others begin turning on each other, one by one.
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A.J. and his friends have the chance to win a trip to Dizzyland--if they can finish 5,000 books first. Dr. Carbles, the evil president of the Board of Education, doesn't think they can do it. But the Ella Mentry School kids are nothing if not determined! Will they achieve their theme park dreams? Or does Dr. Carbles have other plans for the school?"--
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