Better Than Perfect
Told from two viewpoints, Derek Fitzpatrick, kicked out of school, must move with his stepmother to her childhood home in Illinois, where he meets Ashtyn Parker, who may be able to earn a football scholarship with Derek's help.
FIC
year:
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: conduct of life, dating (social customs), moving, stepmothers, football, family life, illinois [X]
The Uninvited
Recovering from the flu that has decimated the world in 1918, Ivy, a girl with the ability to see ghosts, is shattered by the breakdown of societal governance and her father's and brother's role in the murder of a young German.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: influenza, epidemics, world war, 1914-1918, secrecy, illinois [X], historical fiction, ghost stories
The Great Chicago Fire
In 1871, a tragic fire destroyed a major section of Chicago, Illinois, killing nearly 300 people and leaving more than 100,000 homeless.
977.3
year: 2017
copies: 6
call number/section: 977.3
lexile: 810
Western Great Lakes
Provides information about Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, from their geography, history, and government to their economy, population demographics, and major cities.
977
year: 2016
copies: 2
call number/section: 977
lexile:
Illinois
Presents a brief exploration of the history, culture, climate, plants and animals, industries, natural resources, and landscape of the state of Illinois.
977.3
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: 977.3
lexile: 960
subjects: illinois [X]
[a Long Way From Chicago
Joey and his younger sister, Mary Alice, who live in Prohibition-era Chicago, travel to a rural part of Illinois to visit their tough and vivacious Grandma Dowdel, who concocts outlandish schemes against various members of her small-town community.
495.7
year: 2008
copies: 1
call number/section: 495.7
lexile:
subjects: grandmothers, great depression, 1929-1939, country life, korean language, historical fiction, illinois [X], historical fiction
Illinois
"The book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Illinois"--.
977.3
year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: 977.3
lexile: 830
subjects: illinois [X]
Illinois
Surveys the history, geography, government, and economy of Illinois as well as the diverse ways of life of its people.
977.3
year: 2015
copies: 2
call number/section: 977.3
lexile:
subjects: illinois [X]
Afterlife
FBI agent Will Brody remembers the explosion, then waking without a scratch.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: united states, terrorism, future life, love stories, man-woman relationships, fiction / thrillers / supernatural, fiction / action & adventure, illinois [X], chicago (ill), chicago (ill.), suspense fiction, fiction, fantasy fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Illinois
An introduction to the wildlife, history, and culture of Illinois.
977.3
year: 2018
copies: 2
call number/section: 977.3
lexile:
subjects: illinois [X]
Finding Langston
When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: chicago (ill.), single-parent families, african americans, bullying, moving, household, poetry, books and reading, bullies, moving, chicago (ill.), mothers, migration, internal, libraries, nineteen forties, social conditions, united states, illinois [X], since 1900, fiction, historical fiction, history, juvenile works
Relative Strangers
"Jules never knew her father, and her ex-addict mother has always been more interested in artistic endeavors than in bonding with her only daughter.
FIC
year:
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: adoption, foster parents, foster children, teenagers, children of alcoholics, high school students, illinois [X]
Oh, Brother!
In 1952, two brothers, aged nine and ten, enjoy a year filled with fun and adventure in the farmlands of northeastern Illinois.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
I Saw Santa In Illinois
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus take a trip to Illinois, where Santa is spotted by a number of children.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Young Lincoln
The story of the childhood and young adult years of Abraham Lincoln.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lincoln, abraham, adolescence, parent-child relationship, teenagers, indiana, illinois [X], kentucky, biographical fiction, historical fiction