The Penderwicks On Gardam Street
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and so they hatch a plot to stop him.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 68
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: sisters [X], single-parent families, dating (social customs), family life, massachusetts [X], large type books
The Sacrifice
Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
The Bridesmaid
Having vowed as children never to marry after witnessing many disastrous weddings and obnoxious brides in their parents' wedding planning business, fifteen-year-old Abby is dismayed when her older sister Carol suddenly gets engaged and turns into "Bridezilla.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Baby Blue
In western Massachusetts in 1976, still grieving and guilt-ridden over her father's drowning, twelve-year-old Blue is dealt another blow when her older sister, Star, runs away to escape their stepfather's violence against their mother.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Sisters Of Scituate Light
In 1814, when their father leaves them in charge of the Scituate lighthouse outside of Boston, two teenaged sisters devise a clever way to avert an attack by a British warship patrolling the Massachusetts coast.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: lighthouses, sisters [X], historical fiction, massachusetts [X], scituate (mass.), united states
The Sister
A fictionalized account of the life of Emily Dickinson that reflects on her relationship with her younger sister Lavinia, recounting the sisters' parallel lives, passions, and aspirations.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dickinson, emily, dickinson, lavinia norcross, poets, american, american poets, sisters [X], historical fiction, biographical fiction, massachusetts [X]
The Witch Of Willow Hall
"In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters--Catherine, Lydia and Emeline--flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: witches, family life, dwellings, secrecy, sisters [X], supernatural, massachusetts [X], paranormal fiction, historical fiction
Family Of Liars
Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.
FIC
year:
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sisters [X], drug abuse, secrecy, murder, wealth, ghosts, secrets, homicide, massachusetts [X]
Family Of Liars
Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: drug abuse, ghost stories, murder, secrecy, sisters [X], wealth, ghosts, secrets, homicide, massachusetts [X], domestic fiction, ghost stories
After You Vanished
"[O]ne girl desperately searches to find out what happened to her missing sister.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: missing persons, interpersonal relations, secrecy, twins, sisters [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, massachusetts [X], detective and mystery fiction