Dead To Me
In 1948 Hollywood, a treacherous world of tough-talking private eyes, psychopathic movie stars, and troubled starlets, sixteen-year-old Alice tries to find a young runaway who is the sole witness to a beating that put her sister, Annie, in a coma.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sisters [X], mystery fiction, historical fiction, hollywood (los angeles, calif.), mystery and detective stories, juvenile fiction / law & crime, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / 20th century, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], electronic books [X], mystery fiction, electronic books
This Raging Light
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
FIC
year:
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: abandoned children, family life, sisters [X], responsibility, friendship, romance fiction, dysfunctional families, best friends, family problems, juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / family / siblings [X], juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / family / parents, families, electronic books [X], electronic books