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, new england, newbery, connecticut [X], paranormal fiction, audiobooks, compact discs
They Never Came Back
When fifteen-year-old Cathy decides to carpool from Norwalk to tiny Greenwich, Connecticut, to study Latin in summer school, she does not expect the shocking events that occurred five years earlier to suddenly come flooding back into her relatively settled life.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: identity (philosophical concept), abandoned children, foster home care, fugitives from justice, embezzlement, connecticut [X], identity, individuality [X], criminals, white collar crimes
The Homeschool Liberation League
Thirteen-year-old Katya convinces her parents to try homeschooling her for a month, but while she is finally excited about learning--and about Milo, the violin prodigy who lives nearby--not everything works out as she had hoped.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: home schooling, middle schools, gifted children, individuality [X], violinists, connecticut [X]