Christmas In Silver Lake
Eleven-year-old Erika has difficulty adjusting to life in Minnesota when her family moves there from Germany in 1880, but a special Clydesdale horse not only helps her fit in, but also saves her life.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Scarlet Letter
This is a book I really enjoyed because of the discriptive words used to explain what is happening are used in a very good way.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 434
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: prynne, hester (fictitious character), puritans, adultery, women, triangles (interpersonal relations), illegitimate children, women immigrants, married women, boston (mass.), adultry, puritans fiction, new england fiction, illegitimacy, wives, united states, hawthorne, nathaniel, prynne, hester (fictional character), massachusetts, clergy, new england, audiobooks, social values, large type books [X], immigrants [X], graphic novel graphic novels, puritains, fiction, digital audiotape recorders and recordings, audiobooks, playaway (digital audiobook), revenge, historical fiction, large print books, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, compact discs, electronic books, psychological fiction, didactic fiction
House Of Sand And Fog
A former colonel for the Iranian Air Force believes he can create a new life for himself and his family when he buys an attractive bungalow in the California countryside, and when the cottage's former owner wants her house back, he is willing to do anything to keep it.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: iranian americans, home ownership, immigrants [X], san mateo county (calif.), houses, large type books [X], housing, domestic fiction, domestic fiction
Ragtime
The lives of three remarkable families become entwined with Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: immigrants [X], african-americans, murder, homicide, united states, historical fiction, new york (state), large type books [X], large print books, historical fiction
We Are Called To Rise
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women immigrants, mother and child, immigrants [X], murder, large type books [X], las vegas (nev.)
The Sun Is Also A Star
Follows teenagers Natasha and Daniel over the course of a single day in New York City.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 108
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: teenagers, fate and fatalism, new york (n.y.), juvenile fiction / social issues / emotions & feelings, emigration and immigration, deportation, illegal aliens, jamaican americans, korean americans, love, dating (social customs), large type books [X], love stories, immigrants [X], romance fiction, domestic fiction
Front Desk
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 225
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, self-confidence, hotels, motels, etc, chinese americans, immigrants [X], exploitation, motels, chinese, immigrant families, california, southern, hotels and motels, southern california, hotels, large type books [X], juvenile fiction / social issues / emigration & immigration
One Goal
"In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lewiston high school (lewiston, me.), soccer, somalis, race relations, large print books, large type books [X], biography & autobiography / sports, sports & recreation / soccer, lewiston (me.), immigrants [X], refugees
Three Keys
"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 104
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: immigrants [X], family life, chinese americans, hotels and motels, friendship, california, southern, immigrant families, chinese, motels, hotels, motels, etc, large type books [X]
All My Rage
Salahudin and Noor were best friends until the fight that destroyed their bond.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: pakistani americans, families, immigrants [X], forgiveness, family life, large type books [X]