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Runaway, a companion book to the Sammy Keyes series, is about a girl named Holly who tries to escape from her latest foster home. From 2004 to 2006 Van Draanen wrote Shredderman, a four-book series for younger readers about a fifth grade boy who assumes a secret online identity to help him win a battle against the school bully Bubba Bixby.
Flipped was filmed in Ann Arbor, Manchester, and Saline, all located in Michigan. As part of the set, a temporary house was built on the Thurston Nature Area prairie. A few scenes were filmed in the small downtown area of Manchester, Michigan on July 27. The events take place in 1957–1963 in the screenplay instead of 1994–2000, as in the book.
Tornado Alley is a collection of short stories and one poem by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, written during the later years of his career and first published in 1989. The first edition of the book included illustrations by S. Clay Wilson .
Flipped is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Rob Reiner, and based on Wendelin Van Draanen's 2001 novel of the same name. [3] Starring Callan McAuliffe, Madeline Carroll, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Penelope Ann Miller, Aidan Quinn, and Kevin Weisman, the film tells the story of two eighth graders who start to have feelings for each ...
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, [1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970.
The movie based on the musical was released in 2023. [ 15 ] Willis continued to work as an art director and set designer, and in 2008 won awards for her work with musician Holly Palmer on the music video artwork Allee Willis Presents Bubbles & Cheesecake . [ 16 ]
Casey created an IMAX film called Tornado Alley about chasing tornadoes and had to build the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) and the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV2) to film inside a tornado. [2] Tornado Alley was released worldwide on March 18, 2011. [3] Casey has been named one of the 50 best minds of 2008 by Discover Magazine. [4]
Miami Blues is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film directed by George Armitage, [2] based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. [3] It stars Alec Baldwin , Fred Ward (who also served as an executive producer) and Jennifer Jason Leigh .