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 [X], sisters, newbery medal, chesapeake bay region (md. and va.), large type books, newbery medal books, brothers and sisters, chesapeake bay region, individuality, large print books, identity, audiobooks, realistic fiction, historical fiction [X]
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: blind, people with disabilities, twins [X], diaries, historical fiction [X], united states
The Man In The Iron Mask
A graphic novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' "The Man in the Iron Mask" in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: graphic novels, reading materials, prisons, twins [X], comic books, strips, etc, man in the iron mask, historical fiction [X], adventure fiction, france, adventure and adventurers, cartoons and caricatures, men, prisoners, brothers, adventure stories, historical fiction, romances, action and adventure fiction, electronic books, electronic books
A Ballad Of The Civil War
Weary of the war, a Union lieutenant recalls his life with his twin brother on their family's Virginia plantation and the events that led them to fight on different sides in the Civil War.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: brothers, twins [X], slavery, united states, historical fiction [X], confederate states of america
January 1905
In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin sisters, Pauline, who goes to work with the rest of the family, and Arlene, whose crippled foot keeps her home doing the cooking, cleaning, and washing, are convinced that the other sister has an easier life until a series of incidents helps them see each other in a new light.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters
Giselle and Ingrid are the twin daughters of Doctor Victor Frankenstein, but they are very different people, and when they inherit his castle in the Orkney Islands, Giselle dreams of holding parties and inviting society--but Ingrid is fascinated by her father's forbidden experiments.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: frankenstein, victor (fictitious character), human experimentation in medicine, monsters, twins [X], sisters, orkney (scotland), horror tales, detective and mystery stories, historical fiction [X], diaries, horror stories, mystery and detective stories, frankenstein, victor (fictional character), horror fiction, mystery fiction, horror fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction
One-of-a-kind Mallie
Living in Indiana during World War I, ten-year-old Mallie longs to be seen as different from her identical twin and finds an example of individuality in the gypsies who moved into her community.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 390
Dangerous Neighbors
Set against the backdrop of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Katherine cannot forgive herself when her beloved twin sister dies, and she feels that her only course of action is to follow suit.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
United In Freedom
African American twin brothers, one a slave on a Virginia plantation and one a free man in Pennsylvania, are reunited after years of separation when they accompany soldiers on opposing sides of the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
This Dark Endeavor
Victor and Konrad Frankenstein are inseparable twin brothers who stumble upon The Dark Library, where secret books of alchemy and ancient remedies are housed, but after their father forbids them to ever return to the library Konrad falls gravely ill and Victor seeks out a cure for his brother beyond traditional medicine.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
El Mago
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dee, john, machiavelli, niccol?o, flamel, nicolas, historical fiction [X], twins [X], brothers and sisters, supernatural, magic, paris (france)
Katherine's Story, 1848
Twins Elizabeth and Katherine, attending the wedding of their father's cousin at Vandermeer Manor in Rhode Island, decide to investigate when someone vandalizes something precious at the manor.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: twins [X], sisters, vandalism, historical fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, rhode island, historical fiction, mystery fiction
Pearl Buck : Jewel Of The East
Felix tries to impress his crush Lily, who was adopted from China, by trying to take her back in time to learn about her native country, but when his twin Maisie catches him, the it is only the twins who are transported to a small village on the Yangtze River during the time just before the Boxer Rebellion, where they are chased by bandits and must flee to Shanghai.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: buck, pearl s, space and time, siblings, twins [X], mansions, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / general, adventure, historical fiction [X], china, newport (r.i.)
Harry Houdini : Prince Of Air
Twins Felix and Maisie, along with their Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne, are transported back in time to Coney Island where they meet a young Harry Houdini.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: houdini, harry, time travel, siblings, twins [X], magicians, great-aunts, great-uncles, adventure, historical fiction [X], science fiction
1863
Sixteen-year-old twins Susanne and Stephen leave their Gettysburg farm, one as a nurse and the other as a Union soldier, little knowing that their hometown will soon become the focus of the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gettysburg, battle of, gettysburg, pa., 1863, twins [X], gettysburg (pa.), battle of, 1863, historical fiction [X], united states, historical fiction