Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 439
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: brothers, humorous stories, humorous fiction, siblings, family life, wit and humor, sibling rivalry, large type books [X], families, compact discs, audiobooks, brothers and sisters [X], family
The Night Swimmers
With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers but somehow things just don't seem to be working right.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: single-parent family, brothers and sisters [X], siblings, single-parent families, large type books [X]
From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 277
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: runaways, brothers and sisters [X], runaway children, siblings, newbery medal books, newbery medal, large type books [X], metropolitan museum of art, self-reliance, museums, new york (n.y.), children's audiobooks, missing persons, runaways - fiction, chinese language, metropolitan museum of art (new york, n.y.), domestic fiction
Jacob Have I Loved
Filled with resentment over the attention showered upon her twin sister, and awaiting the day she can leave her town behind, young Louise meets a wise old sea captain and begins learning how to let go of her anger.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: twins, sisters, newbery medal, chesapeake bay region (md. and va.), large type books [X], newbery medal books, brothers and sisters [X], chesapeake bay region, individuality, large print books, identity, audiobooks, realistic fiction, historical fiction
The Field Guide
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 213
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: fairies, brothers and sisters [X], single-parent families, siblings, large type books [X], fantasy, fantasy fiction
Al Capone Does My Shirts
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 337
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: autism, family, brothers and sisters [X], historical fiction, alcatraz island (calif.), newbery, family problems, large type books [X], families, family life, united states penitentiary, alcatraz island, california, siblings
The Sea Of Trolls
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: mythology, norse, druids and druidism, vikings, bards and bardism, saxons, large type books [X], brothers and sisters [X], norse mythology, siblings, old norse mythology, trolls, fantasy fiction, historical fiction, fiction, reading counts!
Rules
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, 12-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 510
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: autism, brothers and sisters [X], people with disabilities, large type books [X], siblings, physically handicapped
Gregor The Overlander
Eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world populated by humans, giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats, but his anxiety to find his way home is quelled when he finds a prophecy that foretells of his role in the Underland's future.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: brothers and sisters [X], animals, missing persons, fantasy, siblings, large type books [X]
A Wrinkle In Time
Although he has been missing for several years and the entire town thinks her father has abandoned her family, Meg steadfastly believes the best and protects her younger brother, Charles Wallace, from the brunt of the rumors and taunting.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 488
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: space and time, science fiction, science fiction, brothers and sisters [X], extraterrestrial beings, friendship, compact discs, time travel, siblings, audiobooks, newbery medal, missing persons, gifted children, science fiction, aliens (fictional characters), large type books [X], large print books, life on other planets
The Blue Djinn Of Babylon
Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international adventure involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all djinn.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: genies, magic, twins, brothers and sisters [X], jinn, large type books [X], large print books, siblings, fantasy fiction, fantasy
The Akhenaten Adventure
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: genies, magic, twins, brothers and sisters [X], uncles, egypt, jinn, large type books [X], siblings, large print books
The Cobra King Of Kathmandu
Twelve-year-old djinn twins Philippa and John agree to help Dybbuk discover who murdered his best friend, and are soon caught up in an around-the-world adventure in search of the evil leader of the Cult of the Nine Cobras and his invaluable Cobra King talisman.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: genies, magic, twins, brothers and sisters [X], kathmandu (nepal), large type books [X], siblings, large print books, nepal, jinn, fantasy, fantasy 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 [X], dragons, fantasy, siblings, large type books [X], compact discs, audiobooks, fantasy fiction
My Side Of The Mountain
This is a unique and exciting first person account of a modern boy's adventurous experiment in complete self-sufficiency.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 686
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: survival, self-reliance, mountain life, survival skills, catskill mountains (n.y.), adventure and adventurers, large type books [X], new york (state), outdoor life, catskill mountains, falconry, brothers and sisters [X], audiobooks, adventure, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, catskill mountains region (n.y.)