Bridge To Terabithia
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 671
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: friendship, death, schools [X], virginia [X], newbery, japanese language, newbery medal, grief, closed caption video recordings, videotapes, death, audiobooks, school stories [X], large type books, children's audiobooks, audiobooks, sound recording, juvenile sound recording, large print books, school children, imaginary places, monsters, trolls, ghouls and ogres, giants, video recordings for the hearing impaired, compact discs
Judy Moody Saves The World
When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
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year: 7222
copies: 90
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: fiction, moody, judy (fictitious character), environmental protection, brothers and sisters, schools [X], contests, virginia [X], moody, judy (fictional character), siblings, school stories [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction, humorous fiction
Mockingbird
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
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year: 2011
copies: 222
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: asperger's syndrome, empathy, schools [X], death, school shootings, virginia [X], school stories [X]
Deep Down Popular
In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends, to her surprise.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: popularity, schools [X], country life, family, virginia [X], families, school stories [X], family life, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
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 [X], families, racially mixed people, kites, schools [X], japanese americans, family life, moving, school stories [X], culture conflict
Army Brats
When the Bailey family moves into an army base in Virginia there are a lot of adjustments to make; twelve-year-old Tom runs afoul of the base school bully, ten-year-old Charlotte finds herself trying too hard to make friends with the "cool" girls, and six-year-old Rosie is just being difficult as usual--but they come together to investigate a mysterious building full of weird cages, and uncover Fort Patrick's secrets.
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year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: families of military personnel, brothers and sisters, middle schools, military bases, american, bullying, secrecy, children of military personnel, schools [X], military bases, bullies, secrets, siblings, school stories [X], virginia [X]
With The Might Of Angels
In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down.
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year:
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, school integration, schools [X], race relations, african americans, family life, diaries, school stories [X], virginia [X], historical fiction, diary fiction
Not So Pure And Simple
"High school junior Del Rainey unwittingly joins a Purity Pledge class at church, hoping to get closer to his long-term crush, Kiera"--Provided by publisher.
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year:
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dating (social customs), christian life, high schools, schools [X], families, african americans, family life, school stories [X], virginia [X], coming of age, bildungsromans, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, electronic books