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, 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 [X], fantasy fiction, great britain
Artemis Fowl
Artemis has no memory of the fairy people and has returned to his unlawful ways.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 159
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: magic, fairies, kidnapping, england, fowl, artemis (fictitious character), mothers and sons, fantasy, adventure and adventurers, space and time [X], extinct animals, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, mother-son relationship, fantasy fiction, lemurs, genius, adventure fiction, fowl, artemis (fictional character), pixies, audiobooks, fantasy fiction, children's audiobooks [X], large type books, computers, father-son relationship, fathers and sons, spanish language, demonology, large print books, action and adventure fiction, fowl, artemis, adventure stories, french language
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, 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 [X], young adult fiction