Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories, friendship, trumpets, secrecy [X], family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading, middle schools, families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets [X], neighborhoods, neighborhood [X], family, pets, animals
Nickel Bay Nick
Eleven-year-old Sam Brattle is having the most miserable Christmas of his life, and most of the rest of his town of Nickel Bay is having a bad one, too: Nickel Bay Nick, the Good Samaritan that distributes hundred dollar bills each Christmas, has been a no-show.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: behavior, secrets [X], neighbors, christmas, city and town life, human behavior, secrecy [X], neighborhood [X]