Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods
Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
The Old Pirate Of Central Park
A retired pirate and a retired queen engage in a thunderous battle to gain control of the Central Park sailboat pond.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: pirates, queens, sailboats, kings, queens, rulers, etc, central park (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X]
Anne Elizabeth's Diary
Presents a selection of writings and drawings from the diary of Anne Elizabeth Rector, a twelve-year-old girl who lived in New York City in 1912, and includes sidebars that describe Rector's life and family, as well as notable people, places, and events of the time.
974.7
year: 2014
copies: 10
call number/section: 974.7
lexile: 860
subjects: rector, anne elizabeth, girls, child artists, artists, women, diaries, new york (n.y.) [X]
The Penguin Quartet
Tired of watching over their soon-to-be-hatched eggs, four father penguins form a jazz band and travel to New York to play at all the coolest clubs.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
On This Spot
Each turn of the page takes the reader back hundreds, thousands, and millions of years to provide descriptions of what modern-day New York City was like in earlier eras.
974.7
year: 2004
copies: 22
call number/section: 974.7
lexile: 790
Masterpiece
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a D?rer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: d?rer, albrecht, art thefts, artists, beetles, detective and mystery stories, families, new york (n.y.) [X], durer, albrecht, human-animal relationship, family life
Empire State Building
Offers a brief history of the Empire State Building and describes its construction and observation decks.
974.7
year: 2009
copies: 6
call number/section: 974.7
lexile:
subjects: new york (n.y.) [X]
Luke On The Loose
A young boy's fascination with pigeons soon erupts into a full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through a fancy restaurant, and into the sky.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 170
subjects: missing children, humorous graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, new york (n.y.) [X], pigeons, cartoons and comics
When You Reach Me
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid, " a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 224
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
Football Hero
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: football, brothers, large type books, conduct of life, family, new jersey, new york (n.y.) [X], family life, mafia
Vampire Island
The Livingstone kids are fruit bat hybrids who have left Old World dangers and immortality behind for a "normal" life in New York City, but normal doesn't necessarily mean easy, especially with lingering vampire traits complicating things.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: vampires, siblings, neighbors, school stories, environmental protection, new york (n.y.) [X], brothers and sisters, schools
Never Mind!
Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 54
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: twins, siblings, school stories, humorous fiction, new york (n.y.) [X], brothers and sisters, schools, humorous stories
Dear Primo
Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, the boys are very similar at heart.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: cousins, city and town life, country life, mexican americans, letters, new york (n.y.) [X], mexico
Dodsworth In New York
When Dodsworth sets out for adventure, including a stop in New York City before going to Paris, London, and beyond, he does not expect a crazy duck to stow away in his suitcase and lead him on a merry chase.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 360
The Great Moon Hoax
Two newsboys in 1830s New York sell copies of the New York Sun reporting that a powerful telescope has found exotic animals and structures on the moon.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750