Penny From Heaven
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 68
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: family life, italian americans, secrets [X], new jersey, secrecy, large type books, large print books, family [X], families, electronic books
Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories, friendship, trumpets, secrecy, family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools, families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets [X], neighborhoods, neighborhood, family [X], pets, animals
My Life As A Book
"Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting unusual investigations.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 184
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: summer, secrecy, families, books and reading, animals, family life, secrets [X], children's art, family [X], mystery fiction, first person narratives, detective and mystery fiction, children's audiobooks
Catch A Tiger By The Toe
In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the school newspaper.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
Triskellion
After their parents' divorce, Rachel and Adam are sent to live with their grandmother in the English village of Triskellion, where they find danger and paranormal activity as they discover hidden secrets that some will kill to keep buried.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: brothers and sisters, secrecy, villages, secrets [X], england, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, family [X], family life, twins
Child Of The Mountains
Lydia Hawkins, a daughter of poverty living in the Appalachian Mountains, is sent to live with her uncle and aunt after her brother and grandmother die and her mother is unjustly jailed.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: secrets [X], family [X], self-reliance, christian life, school stories, west virginia, secrecy, families, schools
Music In The Night
Sixteen-year-old Laura Logan falls in love for the first time with her handsome new neighbor Robert Royce, but her happiness is shaken when her grandmother forbids her to see Robert, and her determination to meet Robert in secret only leads to tragedy.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: young women, logan family (fictitious characters : andrews), large type books, cape cod (mass.), family [X], secrecy, man-woman relationships, family life, secrets [X]
The Last Treasure
Thirteen-year-old Ellsworth leaves his father to visit the relatives he has never met and will eventually joins forces with Jess, his distant cousin, to uncover family secrets and search for their ancestor's hidden treasure.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: buried treasure, family [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, secrets [X], family problems, treasure troves
The Secret Box
"On her twelfth birthday, Jax Malone receives an odd, unopenable present from an estranged aunt.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
Edgewater
Formerly rich girls, Lorrie Hollander and her sister have had to get used to living in Edgewater, their eccentric Aunt Gigi's decaying mansion, after their wealthy mother abandoned on them.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family secrets, family life, secrets [X], juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / equestrian, juvenile fiction / animals / horses, family [X], secrecy, rich, interpersonal relations, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
Pretty Girls
More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: missing persons, sisters, secrecy, family [X], suspense fiction, secrets [X], family life, homicide