Meet C?cile
C?cile Rey looks forward to having a one-of-a-kind costume at Mardi Gras and her brother's return from France, while forming a friendship and having a daring adventure with Marie-Grace Gardner.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: friendship, carnival, balls (parties), african americans, historical fiction, new orleans (la.) [X], free african americans, mardi gras, dance, historical fiction [X]
Meet Marie-grace
Marie-Grace Gardner, having arrived in New Orleans and met the talented opera singer Mademoiselle Oc?ana, wishes to take voice lessons and become friends with C?cile Rey, a student of Mademoiselle, and hopes an unexpected adventure will help her feel at home in the city.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: friendship, carnival, balls (parties), african americans, historical fiction, new orleans (la.) [X], free african americans, dance, mardi gras, historical fiction [X]
Marie-grace And The Orphans
Marie-Grace Gardner, having found a baby on the doorstep, asks her friend C?cile Rey to help her protect the child from a slave catcher and worries about rumors about a deadly fever in New Orleans.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: foundlings, orphans, french americans, historical fiction, new orleans (la.) [X], free african americans, friendship, african americans, historical fiction [X]
Marie-grace Makes A Difference
Marie-Grace Gardner, worried about yellow fever in New Orleans, finds out someone she care about is ill and tries to do what she can to help, and fears the epidemic will cause her to lose her home and family.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: yellow fever, french americans, new orleans (la.) [X], free african americans, epidemics, orphans, friendship, african americans, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
"[In this graphic novel adaptation,] Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 259
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: hurricane katrina, 2005, disaster victims, new orleans (la.) [X], hurricanes, floods, survival, african americans, survival skills, audiobooks, historical fiction [X], children's audiobooks, graphic novels, comic books, ninth ward (new orleans, la.)
Liberty
In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dogs, poliomyelitis, children with disabilities, families, african american girls, new orleans (la.) [X], prisoners of war, interracial friendship, world war, 1939-1945, people with disabilities, family life, african americans, race relations, friendship, historical fiction [X]
Cecile's Gift
Encouraged by her friend Marie-Grace, Cecile finds a way to help her beloved city, New Orleans, in the aftermath of the 1853 yellow fever epidemic.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: yellow fever, friendship, african americans, french americans, new orleans (la.) [X], historical fiction [X]
The Beautiful
"In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dressmaking, murder, supernatural, mystery and detective stories, homicide, new orleans (la.) [X], paranormal fiction, detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction [X]
Nick
"Before Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby's periphery, he was at the center of a very different story--one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: world war, 1914-1918, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, new orleans (la.) [X], historical fiction [X]
Judah Touro Didn't Want To Be Famous
"Judah's dream of becoming a successful shopkeeper comes true but, when God spares his life after being wounded during the War of 1812, he begins using his riches to secretly help others.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: touro, judah, philanthropists, jews, war of 1812, new orleans (la.) [X], biographical fiction, historical fiction [X], picture books
The Righteous
". . . Odette faces a vampire's final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed.
FIC
year:
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: fairies, vampires, supernatural, love, new orleans (la.) [X], vampire fiction, paranormal fiction, romance fiction, historical fiction [X]
The Beautiful
"In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dressmaking, murder, vampires, detective and mystery stories, supernatural, mystery and detective stories, new orleans (la.) [X], paranormal fiction, detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction [X]
Shattered Midnight
In 1920s New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Zora, banished after an incident in Harlem, struggles with her overbearing family, magical powers, love of jazz, and forbidden romance with a white man.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: magic, families, musicians, jazz, african americans, family life, new orleans (la.) [X], romance fiction, fantasy fiction, historical fiction [X]
Almost There
A year after Tiana makes a deal with Dr. Facilier, she has her restaurant, her friends are safe, and her father is still alive, but soon shadows begin to gather and Tiana must work with Naveen and Charlotte to set things right or risk losing her soul.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Don't Go To Sleep
In 1918 New Orleans, seventeen-year-old Gianna Crutti's worries about her family's grocery, the Great War, and influenza are overshadowed when a murderer returns to terrorize the city--years after he attacked Gianna's parents and left her with a psychic connection between them.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: serial murderers, italian americans, influenza epidemic, 1918-1919, detective and mystery stories, influenza pandemic, 1918-1919, occultism, mystery and detective stories, new orleans (la.) [X], thrillers (fiction), paranormal fiction, detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction [X]