Atlanta
Describes the past and present, neighborhoods, historic sites, attractions, and festivals of Atlanta.
975.8
year: 1988
copies: 1
call number/section: 975.8
lexile:
subjects: atlanta (ga.) [X]
Football Genius
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 207
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Football Champ
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
Peace, Love, & Baby Ducks
Fifteen-year-old Carly's summer volunteer experience makes her feel more real than her life of privilege in Atlanta ever did, but her younger sister starts high school pretending to be what she is not, and both find their relationships suffering.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
The Big Time
Agents and lawyers come knocking after Troy leads his football team, the Atlanta Falcons, to the Georgia State Championship, but his life gets complicated when one of the lawyers turns out to be the father he never knew.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: fathers and sons, single-parent families, football, criminals, atlanta (ga.) [X], father-son relationship, sports
Deep Zone
Star quarterback Troy White and wide receiver Ty Lewis, rivals who want their teams to win a tournament that is being held at the Super Bowl in Miami, find themselves in danger when they are trapped together in a shack in the Everglades and realize they have links to the same mob and their lives have been entangled for a long time.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 87
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
My Brother Martin
Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister.
920
year: 2006
copies: 120
call number/section: 920
lexile: 970
subjects: king, martin luther, farris, christine king, king family, african americans, atlanta (ga.) [X]
Ten
Winnie Perry is certain that she will gain more courage and responsibilities with her tenth birthday and, with her best friend Amanda by her side, Winnie is determined to make the most of her last year of elementary school.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: self-perception, individuality, family life, friendship, school stories, atlanta (ga.) [X], families, schools
Thirteen
Winnie's thirteenth year brings many joys and challenges as she negotiates her relationship with her first boyfriend and realizes that change is inevitable in her friends, family, and even herself.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Thirteen Plus One
Fourteen-year-old Winnie counts down the days until she begins high school, but turmoil in her relationships with Lars, Dinah, Cinnamon, and her family provide Winnie with a distraction that allows her to ignore her own issues.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: interpersonal relations, friendship, family life, school stories, atlanta (ga.) [X], families, schools
Meridian
In thr Tinderbox South, one woman risks her heart and her life for the people she loves.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: african american girls, african americans, girls, bildungsromans, african american college students, african american women, voter registration, southern states, atlanta (ga.) [X], civil rights
Bliss
Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but she is determined to be nice as a freshman at an elite high school, which makes her the perfect target for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: interpersonal relations, high schools, schools, occultism, grandmothers, atlanta (ga.) [X], united states, historical fiction
A Confederate Girl
Excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, describing her family's life in the Confederate south in 1864.
973.7
year: 2000
copies: 15
call number/section: 973.7
lexile:
subjects: berry, carrie, girls, atlanta (ga.), diaries, women, united states, atlanta (ga.) [X], confederate states of america
Atlanta
Describes the history, culture, daily life, food, people, sports, and points of interest in the capital and largest city of the state of Georgia.
975.8
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: 975.8
lexile: 1020
subjects: atlanta (ga.) [X]
The Last Night Of Ballyhoo
The Freitags, a family of elitist German Jews, are thrown into turmoil in the winter of 1939 when daughter Lala falls for her uncle's new assistant, Joe Farkas, and hints for him to take her to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season, but Joe sets his sights on Lala's cousin, Sunny.
812
year: 1997
copies: 1
call number/section: 812
lexile:
subjects: jewish families, mothers and daughters, family life, jews, mother-daughter relationship, atlanta (ga.) [X]