David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: recitations, young men, england, character studies fiction, london fiction, great britain fiction, children, orphans, child labor, boys, stepfathers, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, great britain, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, men, london (england), aunts, historical fiction, bildungsromane
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift's satirical novel was first published in 1726, yet it is still valid today.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: size and shape, fantasy fiction, voyages, imaginary, imaginary voyages, fantasy, satire, size, gulliver, lemuel (fictitious character), travelers, comic books, strips, etc, giants, reading materials, islands, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, castaways, survival, fantasy fiction, satire, electronic books
The War Of The Worlds
Deeply concerned with the welfare of contemporary society, Wells wrote his novel of interplanetary conflict in anticipation of war in Europe, and in it he predicted the technological savagery of twentieth-century warfare.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 75
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
subjects: science fiction, war, war stories, imaginary wars and battles, extraterrestrial beings, life on other planets, british literature, cartoons and caricatures, space warfare, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, reading materials, science fiction, graphic novels, war stories, mars (planet), war fiction, aliens (fictional characters), martians
The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, England. The youngest son of a shopkeeper and a maid, Wells was educated at Bromley Academy.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 290
subjects: scientists, science fiction, mentally ill, large type books, science, wells, h. g, literacy skills, books and reading, psychological fiction, psychological fiction, science fiction, audiobooks, compact discs
The Time Machine
Presents H. G. Wells's science fiction classic "The Time Machine" and includes explanatory notes, an outline of plots and themes, critical analysis, a Wells chronology, discussion questions, and other study tools.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 78
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: time travel, scientists, science fiction, london (england), space and time, extraterrestrial beings, fourth dimension, voyages, imaginary, imaginary voyages, sci fi, comic books, strips, etc, science fiction, dystopias, dystopias
Peter Pan
The boy who wouldn't grow up and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in the Neverland evoke a deep emotional response as they give form to our feelings about parents, boys and girls, the unknown, freedom, and responsibility.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 118
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 400
subjects: peter pan (fictitious character), never-never land (imaginary place), fantasy, peter pan (fictional character), fantasy fiction, children, pirates, london (england), imagination, kensington gardens (london, england), audiobooks, fairies, movie novels, barrie, j. m, fantasy fiction, spanish language, bilingual books, brothers and sisters, siblings, peter pan, large type books
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Presents the original text of the Mark Twain story that relates the escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friends in a small, 19th-century town on the Mississippi River, and provides side notes, illustrations, and annotations that contain information on the history, geography, and social customs of the day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 210
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: misouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictional character), mississippi river, missouri, boys, sawyer, tom, clemens, samuel langhorne, adventure fiction, large type books, runaway children, mississippi river valley, fugitive slaves, southern states, adventure stories, humorous fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), fiction, historical fiction, adventure fiction, child witnesses, bildungsromans, humorous stories, bildungsromans, united states, sawyer, tom, humorous stories, adventure stories, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure, fiction book, quest, mississippi, audiobooks, compact discs, humorous fiction, witnesses
A Study In Scarlet
The beginning association between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050
subjects: holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), private investigators, holmes, sherlock (fictional character), mystery fiction, england, young adult fiction, watson, john h. (fictitious character)
Dracula
In Transylvania there once lived a Count. His name and the name of his castle are the same: Dracula.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 79
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, vampires, reading materials, dracula, count (fictitious character), dracula, count (fictional character), horror fiction, transylvania (romania), whitby (england), horror stories, horror tales, transylvania, monsters, fiction, horror, supernatural, psychological fiction, horror fiction, psychological fiction, audiobooks, compact discs, romanians, british, spanish language, dracula, count (fictional character), horror tales, cartoons and comics, graphic novels
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 118
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics, mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states, audiobooks, voyages and travel, large print books, finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels
Ivanhoe
The Story of one brave man's attempt to restore Richard The Lion- Hearted to the throne stolen by his evil brother, Prince John, Ivanhoe also depicts an unusual dilemma of love.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: great britain, knights and knighthood, middle ages, historical fiction, anglo-saxons, jews, normans, triangles (interpersonal relations), ivanhoe, historical comics, graphic novels, civilization, medieval, medieval civilization, historical fiction
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
"[T]hree men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: submarines, sea stories, science fiction, underwater exploration, submarines (ships), fiction in english translations from french, french fiction translations into english, science fiction, sea fiction, nemo, captain (fictitious character), sea stories, action and adventure fiction
A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england), france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge, french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, father-daughter relationship, audiobooks, war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs
The Jungle
Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: lithuanian americans, working class, stockyards, immigrants, chicago (ill.), meat industry and trade, meat industry, polish americans, meat industry and trade fiction, food and drug laws, meat packing industry, sinclair, upton, american literature, meatpacking industry, working conditions, pure food and drug act, political fiction, political fiction, audiobooks, audiobooks, compact discs, illinois, didactic fiction
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
This Special Edition includes a 1989 interview from public radio's Fresh Air in which Terry Gros speaks with Ken Kesey about the influences and inspirations for his most important novels, and his status as a 1960's counter-culture icon.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 79
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1110
subjects: psychiatric hospital patients, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nurses, mentally ill, oregon, kesey, ken, american fiction, medical novels, allegories, large print books, large type books, mental illness, video recordings for the hearing impaired, patients, nurse and patient, compact discs, audiobooks, psychological fiction, medical novels, psychological, allegories