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, family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states [X], 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
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, united states [X], readers rule, chancellorsville (va.), battle of, 1863, compact discs [X], 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 Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Presents the original text of the Mark Twain story that relates the escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friends in a small, 19th-century town on the Mississippi River, and provides side notes, illustrations, and annotations that contain information on the history, geography, and social customs of the day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 238
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: misouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictional character), mississippi river, missouri, boys, sawyer, tom, clemens, samuel langhorne, adventure fiction, large type books, runaway children, mississippi river valley, fugitive slaves, southern states, adventure stories, humorous fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), fiction, historical fiction, adventure fiction, child witnesses, bildungsromans, humorous stories, bildungsromans, united states [X], sawyer, tom, humorous stories, adventure stories, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure, fiction book, quest, mississippi, audiobooks, compact discs [X], humorous fiction, witnesses, electronic books, action and adventure fiction
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 263
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics, mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states [X], audiobooks, voyages and travel, large print books, finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs [X], tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
George Washington's Socks
History class will never be the same! When five kids take a walk along Lake Levart late one night, a mysterious wooden rowboat beckons them aboard.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 120
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: washington, george, time travel, united states [X], compact discs [X], audiobooks, historical fiction, space and time, historical fiction
The Scarlet Letter
This is a book I really enjoyed because of the discriptive words used to explain what is happening are used in a very good way.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 434
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: prynne, hester (fictitious character), puritans, adultery, women, triangles (interpersonal relations), illegitimate children, women immigrants, married women, boston (mass.), adultry, puritans fiction, new england fiction, illegitimacy, wives, united states [X], hawthorne, nathaniel, prynne, hester (fictional character), massachusetts, clergy, new england, audiobooks, social values, large type books, immigrants, graphic novel graphic novels, puritains, fiction, digital audiotape recorders and recordings, audiobooks, playaway (digital audiobook), revenge, historical fiction, large print books, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, compact discs [X], electronic books, psychological fiction, didactic fiction
Johnny Tremain
When a fourteen-year-old silversmith apprentice is severely burned by molten silver, he becomes a dispatch rider for the Committee for Public Safety where he meets many Boston patriots involved in the new struggle for independence from England.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 88
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: historical fiction, united states [X], boston (mass.), talking books for children, large print books, boston tea party, boston, mass., 1773, newbery medal, audiobooks, compact discs [X], historical fiction, children's audiobooks, compact discs
The Rifle
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, carried throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on the fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 71
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1480
April Morning
Fifteen-year-old Adam Cooper eagerly joins the action of the Revolutionary War, but when his father is killed by British soldiers one April morning, Adam is forced to confront the harsh realities of war.
FIC
year: 1988
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050
subjects: lexington, battle of, lexington, mass., 1775, historical fiction, massachusetts, lexington, battle of, 1775, united states [X], audiobooks, compact discs [X]
The Good Thief
Young Ren, a twelve-year-old orphan in nineteenth-century New England, is adopted by Benjamin Nab, a con artist who brings Ren into a strange underworld filled with seedy characters, including an assassin that the pair encounters on a mission to procure corpses for a scientist, who informs Ren that he was made for killing.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: orphans, chinese language, historical fiction, new england, united states [X], orphans-fiction; new england-fiction; united states-history-1783-1865-fiction, audiobooks, compact discs [X]