How I Became A Writer And Oggie Learned To Drive
As sixth-grader Archie and his six-year-old brother Oggie shuttle back and forth between their separated parents' two homes, Archie tries desperately to take care of Oggie and to pretend that everything is normal.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
Strings Attached
When she drops out of school and struggles to start a career on Broadway in the fall of 1950, seventeen-year-old Kit Corrigan accepts help from an old family friend, a lawyer said to have ties with the mob, who then asks her to do some favors for him.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: dance, family problems [X], italian americans, gangs [X], homicide, new york (n.y.), high school dropouts, dysfunctional families, gangsters, dropouts, historical fiction, historical fiction
Tightrope
When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: mystery and detective stories, gangs [X], interpersonal relations, family problems [X], mystery fiction, england, stalking
Call Me Henri
Faced with family problems, difficulty in school, and gangs in the barrio, Enrique dreams of some day reaching the "other America" depicted on television, while sympathetic teachers help him cope by supporting his fight to study French instead of ESL.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Target
When seventeen-year-old Frankie Skinaway's incarcerated father and cousins try to get him involved in the First Nations Mafia, even after his mother enrolls Frankie in an alternative high school to keep him safe, Frankie has a hard choice to make.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: high schools, conduct of life, gangs [X], schools, dysfunctional families, indians of north america, family problems [X], school stories, native americans, domestic fiction, young adult fiction, electronic books
Nowhere Special
Twelve-year-old Stan and Elpidia find hope in an unexpected friendship as they navigate challenging family circumstances and a dangerous local gang in the desolate Southern California desert.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, family problems [X], child abuse, bullies and bullying, gangs [X], city and town life, mexican americans