Bud, Not Buddy
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 620
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: runaways, african americans, depressions, historical fiction, runaway children, extreme read-spunk, michigan, depression, great depression, 1929-1939, runaway, large print books [X], humorous fiction, historical fiction, electronic books [X], electronic books, audiobooks [X], compact discs, large type books, children's audiobooks, african american
Flush
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 311
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: environmental protection, river boats, fathers, florida, children's audiobooks, audiobooks [X], large type books, large print books [X], electronic books [X]
The Sea Of Monsters
Part two of "The Sea of Monsters" in which seventh-grader Percy Jackson, having discovered that he is the son of Poseidon, making him half human and half god, joins with a demigod and a satyr friend to save his beloved Camp Half-Blood from evil forces determined to destroy it.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 246
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: jackson, percy (fictitious character), monsters, friendship, voyages and travels, fantasy, audiobooks [X], fantasy fiction, camps, greek mythology, jackson, percy (fictional character), father-son relationship, poseidon (greek deity), hades (greek deity), zeus (greek deity), fathers and sons, mythology, greek, fantasy fiction, large print books [X], large type books, electronic books [X], electronic books, korean language materials, korean language, jackson, percy, poseidon, hades, zeus, middle school students, mythological fiction
The Chocolate War
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Chocolate War," a story in which a high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 74
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: high schools, bullies, schools, readers rule, bullying, audiobooks [X], school stories, large type books, large print books [X], compact discs, electronic books [X], electronic books
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 263
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics, mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states, audiobooks [X], voyages and travel, large print books [X], finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books [X], graphic novels, electronic books
The War That Saved My Life
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 127
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, people with disabilities, brothers and sisters, great britain, audiobooks [X], historical fiction, siblings, world war, great britain, electronic books [X], electronic books, large print books [X], historical fiction