John, Paul, George & Ben
A humorous look at the early lives of five founding fathers of the United States, including George Washington, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 119
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: humorous fiction, united states [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction [X], picture books for children
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, humorous fiction [X], 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 [X], bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
The Throwback Special
Over the course of a weekend, a group of twenty-two men get together to reveal their secret hopes, fears, and passions to reenact what ESPN dubbed the most shocking play in NFL history.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
This Is Just A Test
In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon; his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything; his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other; he is beginning to notice girls; and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
FIC
year:
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ethnicity in children, jews, chinese americans, families, grandmothers, friendship, ethnicity, family life, united states [X], bildungsromans, humorous fiction [X]
Huge Pain In My--!
In the midst of adjusting to middle school and having a girlfriend, Franklin "Ike" Saturday's life becomes even more complicated when he writes a letter to Benjamin Franklin as an extra-credit assignment and gets a reply, beginning a correspondence that could change history.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin, stepfamilies, letters, dating (social customs), schools, middle schools, united states [X], humorous fiction [X]
You've Got Mail
"Ike Saturday travels back to 1776 to help Benjamin Franklin keep history on track"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / school & education, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / colonial & revolutionary periods, stepfamilies, dating (social customs), letters, france, united states [X], time-travel fiction, humorous fiction [X]
This Is Just A Test
In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon; his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything; his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other; he is beginning to notice girls; and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ethnicity, jews, chinese americans, family life, grandmothers, friendship, united states [X], bildungsromans, humorous fiction [X]
The No-good Nine
"In 1931, nine naughty children who received coal in their stockings travel from Pittsburgh to the North Pole to plead their case to Santa Claus"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: human behavior, adventure and adventurers, christmas, depressions, behavior, humorous stories, santa claus, great depression, 1929-1939, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / runaways, santa claus, united states [X], christmas fiction, humorous fiction [X], action and adventure fiction