A Long Way From Chicago
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 229
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: grandmothers, depressions, country life, great depression, 1929-1939, illinois, brothers and sisters [X], historical fiction, chicago (ill.), extreme read-spunk, historical fiction [X]
Our Only May Amelia
As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: frontier and pioneer life, brothers and sisters [X], sex role, finnish americans, washington (state), historical fiction, siblings, gender role, historical fiction [X]
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, brothers and sisters [X], norse mythology, siblings, old norse mythology, trolls, fantasy fiction, historical fiction [X], fiction, reading counts!
Season Of The Sandstorms
Guided by a magic rhyme, Jack and Annie travel to ancient Baghdad on a mission to help the Caliph disseminate wisdom to the world.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 201
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: time travel, magic, brothers and sisters [X], baghdad (iraq), iraq, siblings, historical fiction [X], adventure fiction
Christmas In Camelot
Celebrate Christmas with Jack, Annie, and the Magic Tree House with this oversized, gorgeously illustrated deluxe holiday edition.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 192
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: time travel, magic, camelot (legendary place), christmas, tree houses, camelot (legendary place), brothers and sisters [X], siblings, christmas stories, holidays, historical fiction [X], arthur, quests (expeditions), children's stories
The Ghost Of Crutchfield Hall
In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 112
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: orphans, ghost stories, siblings, jealousy, historical fiction, great britain, ghosts, brothers and sisters [X], ghost stories, historical fiction [X]
Abe Lincoln At Last!
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 187
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: lincoln, abraham, presidents, white house (washington, d.c.), time travel, magic, brothers and sisters [X], siblings, historical fiction [X], family life, families
The Midnight Zoo
Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, refugees, brothers and sisters [X], zoo animals, zoos, europe, eastern, freedom, romanies, historical fiction [X]
What Color Is My World?
While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Midal work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: inventors, african americans, moving, household, brothers and sisters [X], twins, moving, siblings, historical fiction [X]
Gingersnap
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 47
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: brothers and sisters [X], cooking, families, ghost stories, missing in action, new york (state), siblings, family life, orphans, world war, 1939-1945, cookery, ghosts, family, historical fiction [X]
The Battle Of Gettysburg, 1863
Witnessing the harrowing events of the Civil War from the Pennsylvania sidelines, 11-year-old Henry endures the most grueling challenges of his life throughout a hot July week when he becomes inadvertently involved in the historic battle.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 153
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: gettysburg, battle of, gettysburg, pa., 1863, child slaves, slaves, historical fiction, united states, brothers and sisters [X], african americans, survival, civil war, survival skills, children, siblings, children's stories, historical fiction [X]
Hear The Wind Blow
With their mother dead and their home burned, a thirteen-year-old boy and his little sister set out across Virginia in search of relatives during the final days of the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: brothers and sisters [X], survival, historical fiction, siblings, survival skills, united states, shenandoah river valley (va. and w. va.), historical fiction [X]
The Silent Boy
Young Katy Thatcher, the daughter of the town doctor, becomes friends with Jacob, a teenager who is "touched in the head," which allows her to understand what really happened when the unwanted infant of Jacob's sister is found dead.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: people with mental disabilities, babies, brothers and sisters [X], unmarried mothers, mentally handicapped, mentally ill, infants, siblings, people with disabilities, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]
The Pale Assassin
Fourteen-year-old orphan Eugenie de Boncoeur, rich and spoiled, ignores the violence of the French Revolution that's all around her until her brother is sent away and she is promised in marriage to the vengeful assassin, Le Fantome.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: brothers and sisters [X], revenge, adventure and adventurers, france, adventure stories, adventure fiction, siblings, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]
Twist Of Gold
With only the mythical luck of a golden torc, the necklace of their ancestors, to protect them, Sean and Annie O'Brien leave famine-stricken Ireland to search for their father in a strange land called America.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: voyages and travels, brothers and sisters [X], ireland, siblings, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]