Who The Man
Thirteen-year-old Earl Pryor is much too big for his age, and much too powerful for the anger that rages within him when classmates tease him, the girl he likes disappoints him, or his parents' problems get too real.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Leaving Protection
Sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels, happy to get a job aboard a troller fishing for king salmon off southeastern Alaska, finds himself in danger when he discovers that his mysterious captain is searching for long-buried Russian plaques that lay claim to Alaska and the Northwest.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: salmon fishing, buried treasure, interpersonal relations [X], commercial fishing, alaska, alaska
Basketball (or Something Like It)
Hank, Nathan, Jeremy, and Anabel deal with the realities of middle school basketball, including family pressure, a series of coaches with very different personalities and agendas, and what it means to be a team--and a friend.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: basketball, sportsmanship, interpersonal relations [X], self-realization, family, connecticut, families
Spy High
As students at a special high school that trains them to be secret agents, six teenagers struggle to complete the training exercises as a team before being sent out into the field to sink or swim.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: interpersonal relations [X], high schools, spies, schools, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, spy stories
The Vacation
When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip, allowing him to gain insight into his family and himself.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1040
subjects: vacations, aunts, problem families, interpersonal relations [X], self-perception, family problems, automobile travel
Car Trouble
Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Keeper
A top sports journalist in South America sits opposite a man they call El Gato (the cat).
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: soccer, interpersonal relations [X], coming of age, brazil, soccer for women, women soccer players, bashfulness, girls, soccer stories, mystery, bildungsromans
The Higher Power Of Lucky
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 144
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: abandoned children, interpersonal relations [X], runaway children, runaways, large type books, large print books
Miracle On 49th Street
Twelve-year-old Molly is surprised to learn from her dying mother that Josh Cameron, a star player with the Boston Celtics and media darling, is her father, and once she gets to know him, Molly comes to realize why her mom kept his identity a secret for so long.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 93
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
Middle School
Five young girls offer advice to succeeding in middle school and addresses issues such as popularity and peer pressure, boys, family problems, bullies, fashion, makeup, and more.
373.23
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: 373.23
lexile:
Thieves Like Us
A mysterious benefactor hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they must steal and for which they risk being killed.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Kat Got Your Tongue
After being hit by a car, thirteen-year-old English girl Kat Tyler wakes up in the hospital with no memory of her previous life and must reconcile her new personality with her old when she reads the shocking secrets in her diary.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: amnesia, emotional problems, fathers and daughters, self-perception, interpersonal relations [X], england
The Off Season
High school junior D. J. Schwenk staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1160
subjects: football, interpersonal relations [X], farm life, teenagers, high schools, schools, wisconsin, sports fiction, realistic fiction
Saturday Night Dirt
In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Boys Are Dogs
After Annabelle's mother starts dating a new boyfriend, she faces life in a new town with a new school, and a new puppy, and while training the dog Annabelle decides to experiment with some of her training techniques to deal with the unruly middle school boys in her class.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: moving, household, dogs, interpersonal relations [X], middle schools, schools, moving, school stories