Little Women
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300
subjects: sisters, family life, new england, historical fiction, family life- new england, new england- history- 19th century, march family (fictional characters), mother-daughter relationship, young women, march family (fictitious characters), mothers and daughters, family, compact discs [X], bildungsromans, girls [X], family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states, families, autobiographical fiction, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, autobiographical fiction, march, jo, march, amy (fictitious character), march, beth (fictitious character), march, meg (fictitious character), cartoons and comics, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels, confederate states of america, electronic books
Coraline
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 222
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: supernatural, fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy fiction, paranormal fiction, girls [X], spanish language materials, spanish language, audiobooks, compact discs [X], horror tales, horror fiction, horror stories
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
A deaf-mute who has lost his only friend to a hospital for the insane becomes the recipient of the confidences of several other town residents.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: teenage girls, deaf, teenagers, southern states, suicide victims, friendship, racism, compact discs [X], audiobooks, love stories, allegories, girls [X], suicide, psychological fiction, bildungsromans, psychological fiction, bildungsromane, reading counts!
The Bluest Eye
Portrayal of Pecola Breedlove, in her first year of womanhood. Poor, black, and ugly, she lives in a store front and shares a bedroom with her brother, her crippled mother, and drunken father.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: african americans, girls [X], bildungsromans, ohio, historical fiction, family, large type books, large print books, bildungsromans, audiobooks, compact discs [X]
Bad News
The Beacon Street Girls fear the future may hold big changes for them when Charlotte's father wants to move away, Maeve starts stressing over an important project, and a new girl tries to join their group.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: teenage girls, friendship, junior high schools, girls [X], teenagers, audiobooks, compact discs [X]
Isabel's Texas Two-step
Isabel helps her family plan her sister Elena Maria's quincean?era at her uncle's ranch in San Antonio.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: girls [X], teenagers, sisters, quincea?era, san antonio (tex.), teenage girls, quincean?ra (social custom), quincean?era (social custom), audiobooks, compact discs [X], quincean?era
The Girls
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: friendship, behavior, human behavior, audiobooks, interpersonal relations, girls [X], compact discs [X]