Island Of The Blue Dolphins
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as San Nicolas Island.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 268
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: survival skills, indians of north america, survival, islands, native americans, san nicolas island (calif.), newbery, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, audiobooks, large type books [X], large print books, california, children's audiobooks, compact discs, newbery medal
Holes
A funfilled Adventure movie, starring Shia LaBeouf. Dogged by bad luck stemming fron an anceint family curse, young stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that's not green and doesn't have a lake.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 808
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: juvenile delinquency, homeless persons, friendship, treasure troves, buried treasure, japanese language, large type books [X], buried treasure - fiction, friendship - fiction, homeless persons - fiction, juvenile deliquency - fiction, didactic fiction, children's audiobooks, large print books, adventure fiction, chinese language materials, audiobooks, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, humorous fiction
A Wind In The Door
Charles Wallace, Meg Murry's six-year-old brother, finds himself in a struggle between life and death involving the dragons he saw in the vegetable garden.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 99
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: science fiction, brothers and sisters, dragons, fantasy, siblings, large type books [X], compact discs, audiobooks, fantasy fiction
The Witch Of Blackbird Pond
In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 151
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: puritans, witchcraft, prejudices, large type books [X], individuality, witches, historical fiction, new england, newbery, connecticut, paranormal fiction, audiobooks, compact discs
The Cay
Philip, an adolescent white boy who is blinded in a torpedo attack at sea during World War II, acquires a new type of vision, courage, and love when he is stranded on a tiny Caribbean island with Timothy, a kind, elderly black man.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 288
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: large type books [X], survival, friendship, prejudices, blacks, shipwrecks, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, race relations, blind, caribbean area, caribbean region, survival skills, castaways
Brian's Return
As millions of readers of Hatchet, the River and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 180
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: self-reliance, wilderness areas, survival, large type books [X], survival skills, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, castaways
After The First Death
Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: terrorism, fathers and sons, large type books [X], father-son relationship, parent and child
Whale Talk
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 75
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: sports, swimming, school sports, high schools, schools, large type books [X], school stories, racially mixed people, adoption, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, sports stories
The Chocolate War
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Chocolate War," a story in which a high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 74
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: high schools, bullies, schools, readers rule, bullying, audiobooks, school stories, large type books [X], large print books, compact discs, electronic books, electronic books
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: jeans (clothing), girls, friendship, summer, large type books [X], best friends, conduct of life
Where The Red Fern Grows
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 250
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: dogs, animal story, ozark mountains, death, large type books [X], large print books, human-animal relationships, human-animal relationship, pets, animals
Caught By The Sea
Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet and other adventure novels, tells about his lifelong love of sailing, boats he has owned, and the storms, sharks, and peaceful lagoons he has experienced on his voyages.
920
year: 2003
copies: 39
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1210
subjects: paulsen, gary, authors, american, boats and boating, ocean travel, sailing, large type books [X]
Shattered
Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Girls In Pants
The members of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants graduate from high school and spend their last summer before college learning about life and themselves.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
The Winter Room
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 121
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: farm life, lumber and lumbering, norwegian americans, minnesota, large type books [X], large print books