For Freedom
A novel based on the experiences of Suzanne David Hall, who, as a teenager in Nazi-occupied France, worked as a spy for the French Resistance while training to be an opera singer.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
When My Name Was Keoko
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 143
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: family, military occupation, patriotism, courage, world war, 1939-1945, korea, readers rule [X], extreme read-dig deep, family life, families, historical fiction [X]
The Moor
When Sherlock Holmes is summoned to solve an eerie murder at Baskerville Hall, the research skills of his independent young wife enhance his already superior powers.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), russell, mary (fictitious character), women detectives, holmes, sherlock (fictional character), russell, mary (fictional character), readers rule [X], historical fiction [X], mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories
The Land
Paul-Edward, the son of a part-Indian, part-African slave mother and a White plantation owner father, finds himself caught between the two worlds of his parents as he pursues his dream of owning land in the aftermath of the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: racially mixed people, african americans, prejudices, race relations, southern states, readers rule [X], historical fiction [X], autobiographical fiction
Soldier Boys
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 86
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, ardennes, battle of the, 1944-1945, conduct of life, soldiers, readers rule [X], ardennes(france), battle of the, 1944-1945, historical fiction [X], ardennes (france), battle of the, 1944-1945, war, war stories, historical fiction
The Ruby In The Smoke
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: mystery and detective stories, orphans, mystery fiction, london (england), readers rule [X], criminals, historical fiction [X], great britain, london
The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Or, On The Segregation Of The Queen
Mary Russell, an intelligent young woman, becomes the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1100
subjects: holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), private investigators, women detectives, young women, holmes, sherlock (fictional character), england, readers rule [X], russell, mary (fictitious character), russell, mary (fictional character), historical fiction [X], mystery fiction, historical fiction, mystery fiction
The Red Badge Of Courage
Set in the Civil War, the story of Henry Fleming, a raw Union army recruit eager to confirm his patriotism and prove his manhood.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 169
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: chancellorsville, battle of, chancellorsville, va., 1863, war stories, historical fiction [X], united states, readers rule [X], chancellorsville (va.), battle of, 1863, compact discs, audiobooks, war, coming of age, virginia, virginia, chancellorsville, battle of, civil war, courage in men, battles, courage, soldiers, closed caption video recordings, military desertion, fear, psychological fiction, crane, stephen, american civil war, 1861-1865, chancellorsville, va, historical fiction, psychological fiction, war stories, reading materials, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, confederate states of america, bildungsromans
The Last Mission
In 1944, a fifteen-year-old Jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the West but instead enlists in the United States Air Corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans.
FIC
year: 1981
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: world warii, readers rule [X], world war, 1939-1945, prisoners of war, jewish americans, historical fiction [X], jews
A Boy At War
While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 93
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: pearl harbor (hawaii), attack on, 1941, world war, 1939-1945, historical fiction [X], pearl harbor (oahu, hawaii), attack on, 1941, hawaii, readers rule [X]
Mississippi Trial, 1955
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: till, emmett, grandfathers, fathers and sons, racism, african americans, historical fiction [X], mississippi, readers rule [X], father-son relationship, reading counts!
A Killing In Plymouth Colony
In Plymouth Colony in the 1630s, John continually disappoints his father, Governor William Bradford, during a difficult time as the colony faces its first murder and subsequent trial.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bradford, william, fathers and sons, murder, puritans, historical fiction [X], father-son relationship, plymouth (mass.), massachusetts, readers rule [X]
An Ocean Apart, A World Away
Yanyan, having always wanted to be a doctor, makes a difficult decision to leave the exciting Liang Baoshu behind in China and moves to New York to attend medical school.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780