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Ann Austen has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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With new friends in a new kingdom, Barbie learns what it means to be herself when she trades places with a royal lookalike in this musical adventure.
Dir. Conrad Helten · With America Young, Erica Lindbeck, Stephanie Sheh

Barbie, Chelsea and their family go on a cruise ship for Chelsea's birthday. But when they cross the international date line skipping her birthday, Chelsea escapes to the jungle island to find a fabled wish and get her birthday back.
Dir. Cassi Simonds · With Cassidy Naber, America Young, Cassandra Lee Morris
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.
Dir. Eric Bross · With Brandon Baker, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jake T. Austin
A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
Dir. Steve Boyum · With Brandon Baker, Yuji Okumoto, Mary Page Keller