David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: recitations, young men, england, character studies fiction, london fiction, great britain fiction, children, orphans, child labor, boys, stepfathers, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, great britain [X], autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, men, london (england) [X], aunts, historical fiction, bildungsromane, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books [X]
Splendors And Glooms
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: puppets, orphans, kidnapping, witches, blessing and cursing, london (england) [X], great britain [X], audiobooks, magic, historical fiction, historical fiction, electronic books, puppets and puppet plays, juvenile fiction / toys, dolls, puppets, electronic books [X]
Oliver Twist
An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: orphans, brigands and robbers, robbers and outlaws, london (england) [X], great britain [X], thieves, electronic books, electronic books [X]
The Dark Days Club
"In April 1812, as she is preparing for her debut presentation to Queen Charlotte, Lady Helen Wrexhall finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy reaching to the very top of society, and learns the truth about her mother, who died ten years ago"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: charlotte, courts and courtiers, conspiracies, secrets, supernatural, london (england) [X], great britain [X], secrecy, paranormal fiction, paranormal fiction, electronic books, electronic books [X]
The Executioner's Daughter
Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: tower of london (london, england), executions and executioners, individuality, blessing and cursing, identity (philosophical concept), identity, london (england) [X], great britain [X], paranormal fiction, historical fiction, supernatural, historical fiction, identity (psychology), electronic books [X]