Up A Road Slowly
A seven-year-old orphan goes to live with her aunt, where she learns new values as she grows to young womanhood.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: orphans, family life [X], newbery medal, girls, teenagers [X], aunts, coming of age, family, adolescence, domestic fiction, teenage girls, families, korean language materials, korean language, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
The Outsiders
A teen gang in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1525
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: family life [X], gangs, brothers, juvenile delinquency, large type books, family, compact discs, audiobooks, large print books, hinton, s. e, teen pregnancy, teenagers [X], underage drinking, violence, teenage boys, families, children's audiobooks, chinese language materials, chinese language
Flipped
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Flipped," the story of two teenagers who, in alternating chapter, describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 175
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: teenagers [X], interpersonal relations, conduct of life, family life [X], self-perception, family, families
The Lovely Bones
This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 107
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: murder victims' families, teenage girls, family life [X], homicide, girls, teenagers [X], murder victims, salmon, susie (fictitious character)
Ordinary People
After spending eight months in a mental institution following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns home and finds that he must rebuild his life.
FIC
year: 1989
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
Marni
Marni Bates, who suffers from a stress-related disorder called trichotillomania, describes how she discovered the source of her frustration that lead her to want to pull out all her hair, hide her impulse from others, and being confronted about it by others.
920
year: 2009
copies: 6
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: bates, marni, teenage girls, families, self-mutilation, family life [X], teenagers [X], girls
Beyond Repair
Cam has been taking care of his family since his father's death, but when the man who killed his father seems to be stalking the family, Cam fears he is unable to handle the task and is unsure where to turn for help.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
Coping With Family Expectations
Discusses family expectations of individuals, how they can be too harsh, too few, or too mild, how they develop and affect the individual, and how they can be understood and handled.
158
year: 1990
copies: 1
call number/section: 158
lexile:
Rat
Fifteen-year-old Jeremy Chandler's love of basketball leads him to hang around the gym even though a birth defect keeps him from playing the game, but he is forced to decide what is really important in life when he sees the coach molest a cheerleader and testifies against him in court.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: basketball, interpersonal relations, family life [X], coming of age, new york (state), sports, teenagers [X], adolescence, rats as pets, rats
August
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including being buried alive in a coffin and becoming the prime suspect in his little sister's kidnapping.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: teenagers [X], boys, kidnapping, family life [X], secrecy, australia, teenage boys, family secrets
July
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including dodging the cops, becoming indebted to his boat captain boss, and tracking down his great-aunt Millicent to learn more about Piers Ormond.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: teenagers [X], boys, police, family life [X], secrecy, australia, teenage boys, family secrets
Conspiracy 365: June
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including escaping a burning wreck, a helicopter search, and a thug chase.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
October
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including stalkers, the hostile desert, and breaking into Oriana's safe to copy her fingerprint.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: teenagers [X], boys, criminals, deserts, family life [X], australia, teenage boys, stalkers, family secrets, secrecy
December
Fifteen-year-old Cal reaches the final month in the 365 day countdown and discovers he must escape the country and head to Ireland to find out what really happened to his father.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
February
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring kidnappings and near-drowning while trying to solve the mystery of the attack on his family.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: