The Pain And The Great One
Contains four books by Judy Blume, featuring the adventures of Jake, a first-grader, and his older sister Abigail, known to each other as the Pain and the Great One.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 86
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: children's stories, american, brothers and sisters, sibling rivalry, siblings, family life [X], families, schools, school stories [X]
Reluctantly Alice
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: schools, single-parent family, family life [X], school stories [X], single-parent families, families, single parent families
The Best-laid Plans Of Jonah Twist
Busy third grader Jonah Twist must endure giving a school report on elephant seals with the bossy Juliet Fisher, while worrying that his new kitten may have eaten his older brother's hamster.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Ruby Lu, Brave And True
"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: chinese americans, neighborhood, friendship, family, schools, family life [X], school stories [X], neighborhoods, families
Ramona's World
Ramona Quimby expects fourth grade to be the best year of her life; and although things do not go just as she had hoped, she still manages to have her share of adventures.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 130
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: quimby, ramona (fictitious character), family, schools, family life [X], school stories [X], quimby, ramona (fictional character), families
Insects Are My Life
No one at home or school understands Amanda Frankenstein's devotion to insects until she meets Maggie.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
Beany (not Beanhead) And The Magic Crystal
Beany has a magic wishing crystal, but since it will grant only one wish, she holds it in reserve waiting for the perfect moment to use it.
FIC
year: 5102
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: crystals, schools, friendship, family, conduct of life, family life [X], school stories [X]
Forever Amber Brown
Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Jack Adrift
When his father rejoins the Navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, ten-year-old Jack becomes confused by a crush on his teacher, contradictory advice from his parents, and a very strange neighbor.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: teacher-student relationships, family, schools, moving, household, north carolina, family life [X], teacher-student relationship, large type books, school stories [X], moving, families
Lucy Rose
Fourth grader Lucy Rose learns about the perils of eavesdropping while also confiding in her diary her worries that her recently divorced mother is beginning to date.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: eavesdropping, divorce, family life [X], diaries, schools, washington (d.c.), school stories [X]
School Mouse (the)
Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
Friend Or Fiend? With The Pain & The Great One
A reading circle mishap convinces Jake that he never wants to speak during class again and Abigale loses her trust in one of her best friends, but they both have to deal with their fiendish cousins from New York.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 360
subjects: siblings, family life [X], school stories [X], brothers and sisters, families, schools, elementary schools, audiobooks
Billy Twitters And His Blue Whale Problem
When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which does not make him popular at school.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories [X], friendship, trumpets, secrecy, family life [X], minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools, families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets, neighborhoods, neighborhood, family, pets, animals
Dessert First
Third-grader Dessert's love of treats leads to a change in her large family's dinner routine, then an awful mistake, and later a true sacrifice after her teacher, Mrs.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750