Lost And Found
Contains seven stories of some of history's most baffling cases of lost and found, including the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the discovery of the HMS "Beagle, " each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 123
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: twins, brothers, identity (philosophical concept), individuality, schools, ohio, school stories, moving, large type books, identity (psychology), strawberry shortcake (fictitious character), friendship, pets, mothers and daughters, mother-daughter relationship, moving, household, identity, orphans, new york (n.y.) [X], audiobooks [X], curiosities and wonders
When You Reach Me
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid, " a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 250
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods
Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: brothers and sisters, animals, plague, new york (n.y.) [X], large type books, siblings, fantasy, fantasy fiction, audiobooks [X]
Sophia's War
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 68
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: spies, historical fiction, spy stories, new york (n.y.) [X], united states, historical fiction, war stories, audiobooks [X]
Bluish
Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: leukemia, wheelchairs, people with disabilities, schools, african americans, new york (n.y.) [X], school stories, physically handicapped, people with physical disabilities, audiobooks [X]
The Snow Walker
During the terrible blizzard of 1888 twelve-year-old Milton Daub fashioned a pair of snowshoes with the help of his father and ventured out into the snow to buy milk for his family, and ended up buying and delivering much needed supplies for his neighbors as well.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: daub, milton, blizzards, new york (n.y.) [X], bronx (new york, n.y.), audiobooks [X], electronic books
The Godfather
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: corleone family (fictitious characters), italian americans, organized crime, criminals, mafia, new york (n.y.) [X], audiobooks [X], closed captioned video recordings
Slake's Limbo
Thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
Gregor And The Prophecy Of Bane
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 47
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: underground areas, friendship, brothers and sisters, animals, fantasy, new york (n.y.) [X], fantasy fiction, siblings, large type books, audiobooks [X], fantasy fiction, children's audiobooks
Who Is Carrie?
A young African-American girl living in New York City in the late eighteenth century observes the historic events taking place around her, and at the same time solves the mystery of her own identity.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: african americans, slavery, united states, new york (n.y.) [X], historical fiction, historical fiction, audiobooks [X], children's audiobooks
All-of-a-kind Family
Five sisters share the everyday adventures of growing up in New York City's Lower East Side in the early twentieth-century.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: sisters, family life, new york (n.y.) [X], judaism, historical fiction, family, audiobooks [X], jews, families
Fly On The Wall
Gretchen Yee, a student at the Manhattan School for Art and Music, wishes she were a fly on the wall of the boys' locker room in order to learn more about guys--never expecting her wish to come true in such a dramatic way.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: artists, interpersonal relations, metamorphosis, flies, high schools, new york (n.y.) [X], schools, audiobooks [X], compact discs, paintings, drawings, art, school stories
Valiant
Seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City and befriends a group of very unusual characters who live in the city's subway tunnels, and soon finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: runaways, subways, trolls, fantasy, runaway teenagers, fantasy fiction, audiobooks [X], compact discs, large type books, large print books, paranormal fiction, supernatural, magic, new york (n.y.) [X]
Camilla
Fifteen-year-old Camilla gains new maturity through her relationship with her best friend's brother and the growing realization that her parents are fallible individuals.
FIC
year: 1982
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: parent and child, family problems, parent-child relationship, dysfunctional families, new york (n.y.) [X], audiobooks [X], compact discs
Darkfall
Four corpses are found in four days, each more hideously disfigured than the last.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, homicide, horror fiction, mystery fiction, voodooism, new york (n.y.) [X], audiobooks [X]