A History Of Alcatraz Island 1853-2008
As one of America's most notorious prisons, Alcatraz has been a significant part of California's history for over 155 years.
979.46
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: 979.46
lexile:
subjects: islands [X], community life, families [X], inmates of institutions, alcatraz island (calif.), golden gate national recreation area (calif.), san francisco bay area (calif.), california
Beta
"On a futuristic island paradise where humans are served by enslaved clones, a sixteen-year-old clone named Elysia seeks her own freedom"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
Blue Bay Mystery
A graphic adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which the Alden children find an unusual mystery when they spend a vacation on a supposedly deserted South Seas Island.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: islands [X], vacations, mystery and detective stories, oceania, boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family life, boxcar children (fictional characters), easy reading materials, mystery fiction, cartoons and comics, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], warner, gertrude chandler, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
Sand Dollar Summer
When twelve-year-old Lise spends the summer on an island in Maine with her self-reliant mother and bright--but oddly mute--younger brother, her formerly safe world is complicated by an aged Indian neighbor, her mother's childhood friend, and a hurricane.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: islands [X], family, passamaquoddy indians, indians of north america, maine, families [X], family life, native americans
Bad Island
When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island--especially one teeming with weird plants and animals.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: family life, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, islands [X], science fiction graphic novels, adventure graphic novels, shipwreck survival, adventure and adventurers, science fiction, cartoons and comics, adventure fiction, adventure stories, survival, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, family, families [X], castaways, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, adventure fiction, graphic novels, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, ocean travel, vacations, fantasy graphic novels
Jack's New Power
When his father moves the family to Barbados, thirteen-year-old Jack learns that life is not always idyllic on an island paradise.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
A Brief History Of Montmaray
In 1936 sixteen-year-old Sophie lives in a crumbling castle in the island kingdom of Montmaray.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: family life, princesses, islands [X], diaries, europe, historical fiction, kings, queens, rulers, etc, family, kings and rulers, families [X], historical fiction
The Swiss Family Robinson
An adaptation of the classic novel about a Swiss family who are shipwrecked on an isolated island in the early nineteenth century and must rely upon their ingenuity and nature's providence to survive in their "New Switzerland.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1260
subjects: survival, family life, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.), family, shipwrecks, families [X], survival skills, islands [X], island survival, historical fiction, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adventure stories, castaways, adventure fiction
Swiss Family Robinson
An adaptation of Johann Wyss's novel about an imaginative family that survives and prospers after being shipwrecked on a deserted island where they live over ten years before the chance of rescue arrives.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, families [X], islands [X], survival, family life, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adventure stories, robinsonades, family, castaways, robinsonades
The Island Keeper
Longing to disappear after the death of her beloved younger sister, sixteen-year-old Cleo runs away from her overprotective and oppressive family and goes to a remote island where she is the only human inhabitant.
FIC
year: 1982
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
Tsunami
When the Silvas go on vacation to Tanna Island, Vanuatu, they are in for more than just a family vacation.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 400
Swiss Family Robinson
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: wyss, johann david, closed caption video recordings, film adaptations, adventure films, wilderness survival, survival, adventure stories, islands [X], families [X], survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, families - survival - fiction, deserted islands - fiction, shipwrecked - fiction
We Were Liars
Each summer the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family meets on their private island.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 139
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: friendship, love, family life, amnesia, wealth, islands [X], massachusetts, families [X], love stories, romance fiction
What I Thought Was True
"17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: islands [X], old age, people with disabilities, family life, dating (social customs), connecticut, social classes, families [X], family
Piper Green And The Fairy Tree
"Piper's older brother leaves Peek-A-Book Island and Piper refuses to take off his old earmuffs, no matter what! Things are going from bad to worse.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: siblings, separation (psychology), schools, islands [X], family life, brothers and sisters, families [X], school stories, interpersonal relations, electronic books