Jack Strong Takes A Stand
Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until his parents ease up.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: family life, strikes, middle schools, school stories, humorous fiction, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / family / parents [X], juvenile fiction / humorous stories, humorous stories [X], schools
Jacky Ha-ha
"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--.
FIC
year:
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: summer employment, theater, stuttering, family life, humorous stories [X], juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / performing arts / theater, juvenile fiction / girls & women, juvenile fiction / family / parents [X], juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / 20th century, juvenile fiction / performing arts / general, new jersey
The Half-true Lies Of Cricket Cohen
In trouble at home and school again for turning in a not-quite honest memoir, eleven-year-old Cricket and her equally fanciful grandmother, Dodo, set out on a crosstown Manhattan adventure.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: family life, juvenile fiction / family / parents [X], juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / school & education, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, imagination, grandmothers, old age, schools, school stories, families, humorous stories [X], humorous fiction, new york (n.y.)