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Searching for: about a boy 
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2006
1.  Hoot [DVD] Add to My List  
... Based on the best-selling book, Hoot is an adventure story about a boy and his classmates who take on crooked politicians and ...
     
Publisher, Date: Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006.     Edition: Widescreen ed.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.     
Target Audience Note: Rated PG.     

Summary: Based on the best-selling book, Hoot is an adventure story about a boy and his classmates who take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving endangered, burrowing owls threatened by construction. Songs by Jimmy Buffett.     
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1996
2.  James and the giant peach [DVD] Add to My List  
... A wildly imaginative tale about a little boy who journeys to a wondrous city "where dreams come true." ...
     
Publisher, Date: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video, [1996]     Edition: Special ed.; Widescreen ed.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     

Summary: A wildly imaginative tale about a little boy who journeys to a wondrous city "where dreams come true."     
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2004
3.  Brother Bear [DVD] Add to My List  
... A young Native American boy's father is killed by a mother bear protecting her cubs. With ... the eyes of what was once his prey and is forced to learn a lesson about nature and life. In the meantime, Kenoia's brother hunts him ...
     
Publisher, Date: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.     Edition: 2-disc special ed.     
Description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: G; all ages admitted.     

Summary: A young Native American boy's father is killed by a mother bear protecting her cubs. With revenge on his mind, Kenoia sets out into the woods only to find himself magically transformed into the creature he hates most, a bear. Luckily, a cub befriends him and Kenoia begins to see the world through the eyes of what was once his prey and is forced to learn a lesson about nature and life. In the meantime, Kenoia's brother hunts him on his own mission of revenge and honor.     
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2007
4.  Eragon [DVD] Add to My List  
... dragon Saphira and the beautiful Princess Arya, learn more about themselves, their responsibilities and their destinies. ... egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. Eragon, ...
     
Publisher, Date: Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].     Edition: Widescreen ed.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG; for fantasy violence, intense battle sequences and some frightening images.     

Summary: Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, but the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. Eragon, together with his mentor Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful Princess Arya, learn more about themselves, their responsibilities and their destinies.     
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2002
5.  About a boy [DVD] Add to My List  
... About a boy [DVD] / Universal Pictures and StudioCanal present a ...
     
Publisher, Date: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2002.     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD)(102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG-13; brief strong language and some thematic elements.     

Summary: Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.     
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2005
6.  The kite runner Add to My List  
  by Hosseini, Khaled.
... heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a ... and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the ...
     
Publisher, Date: New York : Riverhead Books, 2005, c2003.     Edition: 1st Riverhead essential editions ed.     
Description: x, 371 p. ; 21 cm.     

Summary: An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons--their love, their sacrifices, their lies.     
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2003
7.  The curious incident of the dog in the night-time Add to My List  
  by Haddon, Mark.
... his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. ...
     
Publisher, Date: New York : Doubleday, 2003.     
Description: 226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.     

Summary: Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.     
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2004
8.  Where the red fern grows [DVD] Add to My List  
... The tale of a boy and his best friends, two remarkable hunting dogs who teach him about life, loyaty and trust against a wild woodland backdrop where ...
     
Publisher, Date: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004].     
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.     
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements.     

Summary: The tale of a boy and his best friends, two remarkable hunting dogs who teach him about life, loyaty and trust against a wild woodland backdrop where adventure waits just around the bend.     
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1993
9.  Free Willy [videorecording] Add to My List  
... A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale ...
     
Publisher, Date: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, 1993.     
Description: 1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.     

Summary: A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park.     
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2007
10.  The dangerous book for boys Add to My List  
  by Iggulden, Conn.
... -- Seven wonders of the ancient world -- The five knots every boy should know -- Questions about the world: Why is a summer day longer than a winter day? Why is it hotter at the ...
     
Publisher, Date: New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2007.     Edition: 1st U.S. ed.     
Description: xi, 270 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.     

Summary: For every boy from eight to eighty, covers essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age-old question of what the big deal with girls is. In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a collection of all things that make being young, or young at heart, fun--building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world's best paper airplanes.--From publisher description.     
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