The Dark Is Rising
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: fantasy, england, newbery, extreme read-different worlds [X], stanton, will (fictitious character), good and evil, stanton, will (fictional character), fantasy fiction, large type books, space and time [X], england, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, fantasy fiction, great britain
The Devil's Arithmetic
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 238
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: jews, concentration camps, time travel, extreme read-different worlds [X], space and time [X], poland, yolen, jane, holocaust, 1939-1945, films for the hearing impaired, holocaust, world war ii, fiction, occupation of poland (1939-1945), holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), children's audiobooks, young adult fiction