Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 149
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: friendship, moving, household, schools, brown, amber (fictitious character), brown, amber (fictional character), moving [X], school stories [X]
In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 167
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: children's stories, american, chinese americans, moving, household, schools, historical fiction, audiobooks, school stories [X], moving [X]
Lost And Found
Contains seven stories of some of history's most baffling cases of lost and found, including the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the discovery of the HMS "Beagle, " each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 123
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: twins, brothers, identity (philosophical concept), individuality, schools, ohio, school stories [X], moving [X], large type books, identity (psychology), strawberry shortcake (fictitious character), friendship, pets, mothers and daughters, mother-daughter relationship, moving, household, identity, orphans, new york (n.y.), audiobooks, curiosities and wonders
Sunny-side Up
Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 180
Ella The Elegant Elephant
Ella is nervous about the first day of school in her new town, but wearing her grandmother's good luck hat makes her feel better--until the other students tease her and call her names.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: hats, teasing, moving, household, schools, elephants, moving [X], arabic language, school stories [X], picture books for children
Jack Adrift
When his father rejoins the Navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, ten-year-old Jack becomes confused by a crush on his teacher, contradictory advice from his parents, and a very strange neighbor.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: teacher-student relationships, family, schools, moving, household, north carolina, family life, teacher-student relationship, large type books, school stories [X], moving [X], families
Ellie Mcdoodle
Ellie writes and doodles in a journal about her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: moving [X], school stories [X], protest movements, family life, cartoonists, moving, household, schools, families
Hound Dog True
Mattie, a shy fifth grader, wants to hide out at her new school by acting as apprentice to her Uncle Potluck, the custodian, but her plan falls apart when she summons the courage to speak about what matters most and finds a true friend.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: bashfulness, friendship, janitors, families, schools, shyness, school stories [X], moving [X], family life, family
The Popularity Papers
When Lydia's parents decide to move the family to London for six months, she and her best friend, Julie, are separated just as middle school begins.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Boys Are Dogs
After Annabelle's mother starts dating a new boyfriend, she faces life in a new town with a new school, and a new puppy, and while training the dog Annabelle decides to experiment with some of her training techniques to deal with the unruly middle school boys in her class.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: moving, household, dogs, interpersonal relations, middle schools, schools, moving [X], school stories [X]
Pop
Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, high-school quarter-back Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker whose erratic behavior confuses him, until Jordan discovers that the player is actually suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: football, alzheimer's disease, high schools, schools, moving, household, school stories [X], moving [X]
Powerless
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: supernatural, bullying, moving, household, schools, families, pennsylvania, bullies, moving [X], school stories [X], family life, family, detective and mystery stories, paranormal fiction, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Dog Sense
After moving from California to Montana with his mother, thirteen-year-old Guy becomes the target of the school bully, Brad Mullen, but with the help of one of his classmates, Luke Grant, Guy devises a plan to train Streak, Guy's dog, to beat Brad's dog in the town's Frisbee-catching competition.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: dogs, bullies, school stories [X], moving [X], grandfathers, montana, bullying, schools, moving, household
Don't Expect Magic
Upon her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Delaney Collins must move to California to live with a father she barely knows, and discovers not only that he is a fairy "godmother", but she may be one, as well.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: fathers and daughters, fairy godmothers, high schools, schools, moving, household, california, family life, father-daughter relationship, school stories [X], moving [X], families
Eagle Song
Danny Bigtree's family has moved to a new city, and no matter how hard he tries, Danny can't seem to fit in.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 109
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: mohawk indians, indians of north america, moving, household, prejudices, schools, native americans, moving [X], school stories [X], audiobooks, children's audiobooks