The Minstrel's Melody
In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: musicians [X], runaways [X], african americans, minstrel shows, historical fiction, missouri, runaway children, music
Refugees
Dawn, a California teen who has run away to New York, tries to contact her foster mother Louise, a Red Cross doctor in Pakistan, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and instead reaches Louise's assistant, Johar, a refugee from Afghanistan, and the two form a bond that gives them both hope and courage to face the future.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: refugees, runaways [X], musicians [X], september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, new york (n.y.), afghanistan, runaway teenagers, new york (ny)
Paper Hearts
Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with a famous band member at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dating (social customs), mothers and daughters, runaway children, musicians [X], self-actualization (psychology), runaways [X]