Jacob Have I Loved
Filled with resentment over the attention showered upon her twin sister, and awaiting the day she can leave her town behind, young Louise meets a wise old sea captain and begins learning how to let go of her anger.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: twins, sisters, newbery medal, chesapeake bay region (md. and va.), large type books, newbery medal books, brothers and sisters, chesapeake bay region, individuality [X], large print books, identity, audiobooks [X], realistic fiction, historical fiction [X]
Crispin
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," a story in which an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England, falsely accused of theft and murder, flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 6302
copies: 268
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: identity, orphans, middle ages, historical fiction [X], individuality [X], great britain, identity (psychology), audiobooks [X], large type books, large print books, identity (philosophical concept)
The Witch Of Blackbird Pond
In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 151
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: puritans, witchcraft, prejudices, large type books, individuality [X], witches, historical fiction [X], new england, newbery, connecticut, paranormal fiction, audiobooks [X], compact discs