The Pistachio Prescription
Cassie runs for "freshperson" class president, while everything else that's important to her, like appearance and family, seems to be falling apart.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
Playing In Traffic
Shy and unremarkable, seventeen-year-old Matt Lathrop is surprised and flattered to find himself singled out for the sexual attentions of the alluring Skye Colbly, until he discovers the evil purpose behind her actions.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: family problems, interpersonal relations, parent and child, murder, high schools, schools, family life [X], parent-child relationship, homicide, school stories [X], family, dysfunctional families, families
Clarice Bean, What Planet Are You From?
When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: bean, clarice (fictional character), school stories [X], environmental protection, family life [X], humorous fiction, bean, clarice (fictitious character), schools, humorous stories, family, families, humorous fiction, picture books for children
Flying The Dragon
When Skye's cousin Hiroshi and his family move to Virginia from Japan, the cultural differences lead to misunderstandings and both children are unhappy at the changes in their lives--will flying the dragon kite finally bring them together?.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: japanese american families, moving, household, japanese, culture shock, cousins, virginia, families, racially mixed people, kites, schools, japanese americans, family life [X], moving, school stories [X], culture conflict
Diario De Greg
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: middle schools, schools, families, spanish language materials, spanish language, diaries, family life [X], school stories [X], humorous fiction
Ninjas, Piranhas, And Galileo
Honoria, Shohei, and Elias, who are "united together against That Which Is The Peshtigo School, " face conflict over their budding romantic interest and a science project gone awry.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: science projects, japanese americans, family life [X], schools, chicago (ill.), families, school stories [X]
The Pistachio Prescription
A high school "freshperson" attempts to rise above such inconveniences of life as her older sister, parents, and school.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
After
When her father is killed in a car accident, Lacey feels responsible, so when she is given a chance to make a difference in the lives of some of her fellow students, she jumps at the chance.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
The Second Base Club
Sixteen-year-old Elroy will do almost anything, from joining the wrestling team to forming a band, in order to get a girlfriend, until he finally realizes the truth of a girl friend's words about being himself.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: self-realization, dating (social customs), high schools, family life [X], school stories [X], california
Chain Reaction #3 Perfect Chemistry
When he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of Fairfield after six years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, falls for a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mexican americans, gangs, family life [X], high schools, school stories [X], fairfield (ill.)
Gerbilitis
When Garth takes the class gerbil home for the summer, he discovers that he can talk not only with Weebie but also with other animals.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
Nekomah Creek
Nine-year-old Robby loves his noisy and somewhat unconventional family, but unwanted attention from a counselor and a bully at school make him self-conscious about just how unconventional his family might look to outsiders.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
The Secret Life Of Hubie Hartzel
Eleven-year-old Hubie Hartzel tries to cope with his many problems including a sick cat, a crush on his art teacher, the loss of his best friend to a girl, and the threat of the class bully who is out to get him.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Video Stars
Disaster stalks Missy's attempts to make the best videotape of self and family for a class assignment until her actress-grandmother comes to the rescue.
FIC
year: 1989
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Poison Ivy And Eyebrow Wigs
Nine-year-old Martin has a busy year in the fourth grade as he tries to find his own identity both at school and among his large and busy family.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660