Runaway
When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: models (persons), transplantation of organs, tissues, etc, identity (psychology), new york (n.y.), runaways, parapsychology, extrasensory perception, mystery and detective stories, runaway teenagers, child abuse, immigrants [X], frontier and pioneer life, historical fiction, murder, psychokinesis, homicide [X], horror fiction, runaway children, homeless persons, orphans, survival skills, diaries
Ragtime
The lives of three remarkable families become entwined with Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: immigrants [X], african-americans, murder, homicide [X], united states, historical fiction, new york (state), large type books, large print books, historical fiction
Broken Glass Park
Seventeen-year-old Sacha Naimann dreams of writing a novel about her mother and killing the man who murdered her, Sacha's stepfather Vadim, while struggling to care for her younger siblings and leave behind her painful childhood.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
We Are Called To Rise
"An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker, and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident"--Provided by OCLC.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, immigrants [X], mother and child, women immigrants, las vegas (nev.), mother-child relationship, victims of crimes, homicide [X], mystery fiction, mystery fiction
The Other Americans
Nora Guerraoui, a jazz composer, returns home to a small town in the Mojave after hearing that her father, owner of a popular restaurant there, has been killed in a suspicious hit-and-run car accident.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
I Am Not Alone
Alberto is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, living in New York City, and is now suspected of a terrible crime; his friend Grace is a top student with every advantage, and she is determined to prove Alberto's innocence.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: schizophrenia, noncitizens, immigrants [X], murder, mexicans, friendship, homicide [X], criminal investigation, new york (n.y.), detective and mystery fiction, psychological fiction