A Long Way From Chicago
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 199
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: grandmothers, depressions, country life, great depression, 1929-1939, illinois, brothers and sisters, historical fiction, chicago (ill.), extreme read-spunk, historical fiction [X]
Little House In The Big Woods
Follows a year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives and neighbors.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 193
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: frontier and pioneer life, family life, wisconsin, wilder, laura ingalls, historical fiction, frontier and pioneer life fiction, family life fiction, large type books, large print books, family, families, compact discs, audiobooks, pioneering -, historical fiction [X]
Voyage On The Great Titanic
In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the RMS "Titanic," and experiences its sinking.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 124
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: shipwrecks, ocean liners, orphans, diaries, london (england), titanic (steamship), historical fiction [X]
The Barn
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: father and child, sick, farm life, father-child relationship, historical fiction, oregon, historical fiction [X]
Bud, Not Buddy
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 523
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: runaways, african americans, depressions, historical fiction, runaway children, extreme read-spunk, michigan, depression, great depression, 1929-1939, runaway, large print books, humorous fiction, historical fiction [X], electronic books, electronic books, audiobooks, compact discs, large type books, children's audiobooks, african american
A Single Shard
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge near a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 233
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
The Sea Of Trolls
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 68
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: mythology, norse, druids and druidism, vikings, bards and bardism, saxons, large type books, brothers and sisters, norse mythology, siblings, old norse mythology, trolls, fantasy fiction, historical fiction [X], fiction, reading counts!
Season Of The Sandstorms
Guided by a magic rhyme, Jack and Annie travel to ancient Baghdad on a mission to help the Caliph disseminate wisdom to the world.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 129
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: time travel, magic, brothers and sisters, baghdad (iraq), iraq, siblings, historical fiction [X], adventure fiction
Elijah Of Buxton
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: liberty, slavery, blacks, freedom, north buxton (ont.), canada, historical fiction, large type books, curtis, christopher paul, blacks - canada, north buxton (ont.), canada, audiobooks, historical fiction [X]
Shooting The Moon
When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world in which she has grown up.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: vietnam war, 1961-1975, military bases, children of military personnel, separation (psychology), soldiers, united states, historical fiction [X], separation anxiety in children, separation anxiety
Goin' Someplace Special
Tricia Ann experiences the humiliation of segregation as she ventures out into Nashville by herself in the 1950s, but bolstered by the love, respect, and pride of her grandmother and other elders, she continues on to reach "Someplace Special"--the public library where all are welcome.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: segregation, african americans, historical fiction, nashville (tenn.), historical fiction [X]
Ruby's Wish
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 66
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Young Cassie Logan endures humiliation and witnesses the horrors of a KKK cross-burning rampage before she fully understands the importance her family places on having land of their own.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 358
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: african americans, southern states, newbery, race relations, historical fiction, prejudices, depressions, mississippi, great depression, 1929-1939, afro-americans juvenile literature, newbery medal books, audiobooks, large type books, afro-americans, large print books, logan family (fictitious characters : taylor), children's audiobooks, children's audiobooks, historical fiction [X], large type books
Christmas In Camelot
On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 125
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: time travel, magic, camelot (legendary place), christmas, tree houses, camelot (legendary place), brothers and sisters, siblings, christmas stories, holidays, historical fiction [X]
Let The Circle Be Unbroken
Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: depressions, african americans, mississippi, great depression, 1929-1939, historical fiction, southern states, race relations, blacks, audiobooks, afro-americans, historical fiction [X]