Eight Keys
When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: self-realization [X], middle schools [X], school stories, friendship, family life, self-actualization (psychology), schools, orphans, families [X], family
Isabel In Bloom
Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Filipina-American Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: self-realization [X], families [X], clubs, gardening, cooking, middle schools [X], schools, filipino americans, self-actualization, family life, school fiction, novels in verse