The Wanderer
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard "The Wanderer," a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 155
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: sailboats, sailing, ocean travel, family life, grandfathers, family [X], sea stories, family life-fiction, ocean voyages-fiction, sailing-fiction, sailboats-fiction, newbery honor award, voyages and travels, ocean voyages, families, sea stories, audiobooks
Walk Two Moons
Thirteen-year-old Sal, traveling with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho in search of her missing mother, entertains them with the story of her friend Phoebe whose mother also left, unwittingly revealing the truth about her own relationship with her mom.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 376
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: death, grandparents, family life, friendship, idaho, large type books, large print books, audiobooks, family [X], bildungsromans, families, children's audiobooks
Bloomability
When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place within it.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: boarding schools, schools, private schools, school stories, switzerland, audiobooks, family [X], families
Chasing Redbird
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 76
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: aunts, uncles, death, grief, family life, large type books, kentucky, death, guilt, family [X], families
Replay
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 102
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: conduct of life, family life, fathers and sons, theater, schools, school stories, father-son relationship, family [X], families
Absolutely Normal Chaos
Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 94
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: homesickness, death, cousins, fathers and sons, family life, father-son relationship, family [X]
Replay
While preparing for a role in the school play, 12 yr.old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the way people change as they grow up.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: family [X], schools, school stories, theater, father-son relationship, fathers and sons, family life, conduct of life