The Girl With 500 Middle Names
Janie's parents move to the suburbs so she can go to a better school, but when she discovers that all the other students are richer than she is, she feels out of place--until she realizes that there are more important things than money.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: schools, parent and child, friendship [X], self-confidence, school stories, parent-child relationship [X]
So Totally Emily Ebers
In a series of letters to her absent father, twelve-year-old Emily Ebers deals with moving cross-country, her parents' divorce, a new friendship, and her first serious crush.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: moving, friendship [X], divorce, parent-child relationship [X], letters, california, moving, household, parent and child
My Louisiana Sky
Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: parent and child, grandmothers, people with mental disabilities, friendship [X], parent-child relationship [X]
The Voice On The Radio
Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: friendship [X], parent and child, brothers and sisters, parent-child relationship [X], kidnapping
Under The Watson's Porch
Twelve-year-old Ellie's boring summer becomes exciting when she develops a crush on her new next-door neighbor, an older boy with a troubled past, whom her parents have forbidden her to see.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
It's A Fair Day, Amber Brown
Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 230
subjects: brown, amber (fictitious character), lost children, fairs, parent and child, best friends, brown, amber (fictional character), missing children, parent-child relationship [X], friendship [X]
Road To Tater Hill
At her grandparents' North Carolina mountain home during the summer of 1963, grief-stricken after the death of her newborn sister and isolated by her mother's deepening depression, eleven-year-old Annie Winters finds comfort holding an oblong stone she calls her "rock baby" and befriends a reclusive mountain woman with a devastating secret.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: grief, friendship [X], family life, mountain life, north carolina, depression (psychology), parent-child relationship [X], depression, mental, parent and child, grandparents
Sunny Side Up
As the hot Australian summer draws to an end, eleven-year-old Sunny, content to be an only child with amicably divorced parents, finds her life getting much too complicated when her mother's boyfriend moves in with his two children, her best friend begins to develop an interest in boys, and she is contacted by her long-estranged grandmother.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 970
subjects: only child, friendship [X], grandmothers, parent-child relationship [X], australia, interpersonal relations, parent and child
Gloria's Way
Gloria shares special times with her mother and father and with her friends Julian, Huey, and Latisha.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: friendship [X], parent and child, african americans, parent-child relationship [X], julian (fictitious character : cameron), gloria (fictitious character : cameron), africian americans
Philippa Fisher And The Dream-maker's Daughter
Twelve-year-old Philippa gets caught up in unraveling the mystery of a dream-catcher that threatens the life of her fairy friend Daisy and the happiness of her human friend Robyn, who is grieving over her mother's death.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: fairies, friendship [X], dreams, death, bereavement, father-daughter relationship, magic, fairy godmothers, parent and child, parent-child relationship [X], fantasy fiction, fantasy fiction, fantasy
Katie's New Recipe
For as long as Katie can remember, it's just been her and her mom.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: parent-child relationship [X], girls, middle schools, school stories, friendship [X], children of divorced parents, parent and child, schools
About Face
Both Glory Bea Goode, who lives with her grandmother over a second-hand store in Turnback, Missouri, and Marvalene Zulig, who travels with her parents with Shuroffs' Spectacular carnival, are unhappy with their lives until their friendship gives them a new perspective.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: friendship [X], carnivals, grandparents, parent and child, self-perception, parent-child relationship [X]
What Happened On Planet Kid
To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: parent and child, country life, friendship [X], family violence, parent-child relationship [X]
Face On The Milk Carton: Voice On The Radio
Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Define "normal"
When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with the serious problems she faces at home and become a good friend.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 350
subjects: school stories, parent-child relationship [X], peer counseling, large print books, friendship [X]