Maniac Magee
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe and inspire everyone around him.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 413
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: death [X], newbery, orphans, sports, heroes [X], running, large type books, large print books
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee is the story of Jeffrey Lionel Magee, who lost his parents at the age of three in a trolley accident.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: courage, city and town life, newbery medal, 1991, orphans, death [X], race relations, large type books, newbery medal, individuality, prejudices, adolescence, athletes, schools, sports, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, heroes [X], running, heroes and heroines, school stories, children's stories, electronic books
Hothouse
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
Hero
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the president's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 87
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: heroes [X], fathers and sons, politics, practical, death [X], families, new york (n.y.), heroes and heroines, father-son relationship, politics, family life