Penny From Heaven
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 68
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: family life, italian americans [X], secrets, new jersey, secrecy, large type books [X], large print books, family, families, electronic books
Knots In My Yo-yo String
This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
920
year: 2000
copies: 77
call number/section: 920
lexile: 980
subjects: spinelli, jerry, authors, american, italian americans [X], american authors, norristown (pa.), large type books [X], jerry spinelli
Very Valentine
Thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, faced with the seemingly impossible task of helping her family's Greenwich Village shoe business rebound from financial ruin, travels to Tuscany in search of techniques and materials which will help her rebuild the company, and while she is there, she learns a secret and has life-changing experiences.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: italian americans [X], italian american women, family life, love stories, new york (n.y.), italian american families, large type books [X]