Maniac Magee
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe and inspire everyone around him.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 413
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: death, newbery, orphans [X], sports, heroes, running, large type books, large print books [X]
Crispin
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," a story in which an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England, falsely accused of theft and murder, flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 6302
copies: 268
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: identity, orphans [X], middle ages, historical fiction, individuality, great britain, identity (psychology), audiobooks, large type books, large print books [X], identity (philosophical concept)
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp
Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: arthur, adventure and adventurers, orphans [X], adventure fiction, large type books, large print books [X], action and adventure fiction
The Thief Lord
After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 187
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: runaways, robbers and outlaws, brothers, detectives, runaway children, venice (italy), italy, readers rule, orphans [X], thieves, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, large print books [X], children, audiobooks
Jade Green
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1040
subjects: haunted houses, ghosts, orphans [X], uncles, ghost stories, mystery fiction, large print books [X], horror fiction
In The Face Of Danger
Shy Megan Kelly truly believes she is to blame for her family's misfortune.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: large type books, frontier and pioneer life, foster home care, large print books [X], kansas, great plains, historical fiction, old west, orphans [X]
The Jungle Book
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves.
398
year: 2016
copies: 64
call number/section: 398
lexile: 1080
subjects: mowgli (fictitious character), jungles, animals, mowgli (fictional character), india, large type books, children's stories, english, short stories, jungle animals, feral children, boys, wild children, kipling, rudyard, mowgli, orphans [X], action and adventure films, film adaptations, film remakes, feature films, fiction films, video recordings for the hearing impaired, video recordings for people with visual disabilities, french language materials, spanish language materials, drama, large print books [X], action and adventure fiction, short stories, mongooses
Wuthering Heights
In early nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes tragedy for them and many others, even in the next generation.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: orphans [X], country life, yorkshire (england), great britain, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, love stories, england, classics, audiobooks, love, compact discs, large print books [X], bront?e, emily, closed caption video recordings, revenge, triangles (interpersonal relations), historical fiction, romance - fiction, foundlings, rural families, rejection (psychology), love stories, domestic fiction, psychological fiction
Moonfleet
While looking for a legendary treasure supposedly hidden near his village, John Trenchard uncovers a secret smuggling operation and is taken under the wing of the innkeeper and head smuggler.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1310
subjects: orphans [X], smuggling, dorset (england), large type books, buried treasure, large print books [X]
Little Century
After she moves near the lawless frontier town of Century, Oregon, to become a homesteader, eighteen-year-old Esther Chambers finds herself in a full-out range war that tests her loyalty to her cousin, rancher Ferris Pickett.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Magic Misfits
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: magic tricks, orphans [X], carnivals, criminals, conduct of life, robbers and outlaws, humorous fiction, large type books, large print books [X]