Ashes Of Roses
Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan arrives on Ellis Island in 1911 in the hopes of starting a new life, but after most of her family is sent back to Ireland, she must find her own way in a new country and fend for herself and her younger sister.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 76
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: immigrants, irish americans, emigration and immigration, historical fiction, new york (n.y.) [X], extreme read-dig deep, sisters, immigration and emigration
Land Of Hope
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 117
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: emigration and immigration, jews, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, new york (n.y.) [X]
Code Orange
While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and all of New York City.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
Runaway
When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: models (persons), transplantation of organs, tissues, etc, identity (psychology), new york (n.y.) [X], runaways, parapsychology, extrasensory perception, mystery and detective stories, runaway teenagers, child abuse, immigrants, frontier and pioneer life, historical fiction, murder, psychokinesis, homicide, horror fiction, runaway children, homeless persons, orphans, survival skills, diaries
Adam Zigzag
Adam, who is dyslexic and has great difficulty with his homework, struggles to find the right school, resist the lure of drugs, and endure the jealousy of his older sister Caroline.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: brothers and sisters, schools, siblings, drug abuse, school stories, new york (n.y.) [X], dyslexia
The Young Unicorns
A seventeen-year-old boy, former member of a tough New York gang, a blind and talented twelve-year-old musician, the Austin family, and Canon Tallis are among the key characters who become involved in a frightening and evil scheme relying on the ability of a refined laser to give complete power over people's minds.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: blind, juvenile delinquency, science fiction, adventure and adventurers, new york (n.y.) [X], adventure stories, adventure fiction, science
Love And Other Four-letter Words
When she and her mother move to an apartment in New York City after her parents decide on a trial separation, sixteen-year-old Sammie learns to deal with her mother's fragile mental state, her best friend's self-centeredness, several new friendships, and her own budding sexuality.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: mothers and daughters, interpersonal relations, family problems, self-perception, teenage girls, new york (n.y.) [X], mother-daughter relationship
Camilla
Fifteen-year-old Camilla gains new maturity through her relationship with her best friend's brother and the growing realization that her parents are fallible individuals.
FIC
year: 1982
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: parent and child, family problems, parent-child relationship, dysfunctional families, new york (n.y.) [X]