The Thirty-nine Steps
Young mining engineer Richard Hannay, having returned to England from South Africa just before World War I, is pursued by both foreign agents and British authorities as he investigates clues left by a murdered man in an effort to save his own life and the future of his country.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: hannay, richard (fictitious character), intelligence service, world war, 1914-1918 [X], hannay, richard (fictional character), great britain, spy stories, hannay, richard (fictitious character), spy fiction
This Side Of Paradise
Presents F. Scott Fitzgerald's bildungsroman about a handsome, wealthy Princeton student named Amory Blaine, whose experiences with love, war, and poverty lead him to self-realization; and includes a contextual introduction, critical excerpts spanning 1919 through 1988, and commentary on the novel by Fitzgerald himself.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: young men, bildungsromans, fitzgerald, f. scott, american literature, fiction, world war, 1914-1918 [X], children of the rich, college students, advertising, colleges and universities, children, rich, romance fiction, bildungsromans, love stories, love stories, school stories, college stories, rich people, classism, rejection (psychology)
One Of Ours
Claude Wheeler, a sensitive and aspiring Nebraska youth, lives in the midst of plenty on his prosperous farm hungering for a purpose.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980