The House Of Dies Drear
Thomas Small and his family move into an old house that was once used as part of the Underground Railroad and soon realize that the house, where two fugitive slaves and Dies Drear himself had been killed by bounty hunters, continues to hold many secrets.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 90
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: large type books, mystery fiction, african americans, large print books, mystery and detective stories, underground railroad, children's stories, american, ohio [X], audiobooks, afro-americans, compact discs [X]
The Bluest Eye
Portrayal of Pecola Breedlove, in her first year of womanhood. Poor, black, and ugly, she lives in a store front and shares a bedroom with her brother, her crippled mother, and drunken father.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: african americans, girls, bildungsromans, ohio [X], historical fiction, family, large type books, large print books, bildungsromans, audiobooks, compact discs [X]
Twisted
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 113
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: interpersonal relations, high schools, coming of age, family problems, ohio [X], family, dysfunctional families, schools, school stories, bildungsromans, audiobooks, bildungsromans, children's audiobooks, compact discs [X]