Keeping Secrets
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: united states, missouri, spies, spy stories, secrets, schools, school stories [X], friendship [X], neighbors, girls, neighborhood [X], massachusetts
Ruby Lu, Brave And True
"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: chinese americans, neighborhood [X], friendship [X], family, schools, family life, school stories [X], neighborhoods, families
Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories [X], friendship [X], trumpets, secrecy, family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools, families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets, neighborhoods, neighborhood [X], family, pets, animals
Quinny & Hopper
"Two polar-opposite eight year olds who become summer best friends find their friendship threatened by the uncertainties of a new school year"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: humorous stories, neighbors, schools, peer pressure, individuality, friendship [X], school stories [X], neighborhood [X], humorous fiction, humorous fiction
Baby-sitters Little Sister
Publisher Annotation: Karen feels like an ugly duckling. She already has to wear glasses, and now her baby teeth are starting to come out, too.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 637
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: witches, neighbors, cartoons and comics, neighborhood [X], graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels, roller skating, friendship [X], family life, wrist, fortune, families, luck, cats, clubs, eyeglasses, schools, school stories [X], school comics, adaptations, girls, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, birthdays, self-confidence, beauty, personal, sisters, sleepovers
Take Back The Block
"Sixth-grader Wes Henderson sets out to save the Oaks, the neighborhood where he's lived his whole life, from being sold to a real estate developer"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: community life, neighborhoods, gentrification, friendship [X], middle schools, schools, african americans, neighborhood [X], urban renewal, school stories [X]
My Fox Ate My Homework
Sixth-grader Johah Johnson's whole world has turned upside down when on his first day of school he has to deal with a bully and he discovers a talking fox that keeps getting him in trouble at his new house.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: moving, foxes, human-animal relationships, school stories [X], friendship [X], bullies, family life, neighborhood [X]
The Dubious Pranks Of Shaindy Goodman
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jewish girls, jewish families, family life, neighborhood [X], practical jokes, friendship [X], school stories [X], school fiction, religious fiction