From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 351
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: runaways, brothers and sisters, runaway children, siblings, newbery medal books, newbery medal, large type books [X], metropolitan museum of art, self-reliance, museums, new york (n.y.) [X], children's audiobooks, missing persons, runaways - fiction, chinese language, metropolitan museum of art (new york, n.y.), domestic fiction
Lost And Found
Contains seven stories of some of history's most baffling cases of lost and found, including the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the discovery of the HMS "Beagle, " each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 96
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: twins, brothers, identity (philosophical concept), individuality, schools, ohio, school stories, moving, large type books [X], identity (psychology), strawberry shortcake (fictitious character), friendship, pets, mothers and daughters, mother-daughter relationship, moving, household, identity, orphans, new york (n.y.) [X], audiobooks, curiosities and wonders
Good Dog, Bonita
Sarah is excited when she is invited to spend three days in New York to attend an art exhibition with her neighbor Senora Sanchez, but everything starts to go wrong when the Senora's tiny dog Bonita gets lost in the streets of Spanish Harlem.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: dogs, large type books [X], lost and found possessions, spanish language, new york (n.y.) [X], friendship, harlem (new york, n.y.)
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 [X], conduct of life, family, new jersey, new york (n.y.) [X], family life, mafia
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: 2006
copies: 47
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
Chains
When her owner dies at the start of the Revolution, a greedy nephew keeps Isabel and her younger sister enslaved and sells them to Loyalists in New York, where she is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 225
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: slavery, african americans, spies, new york (n.y.) [X], united states, historical fiction, spy stories, large print books, spy stories, historical fiction, large type books [X], large type books
Confessions Of A Murder Suspect
Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: brothers and sisters, twins, perfectionism (personality trait), large type books [X], families, new york (n.y.) [X], secrecy, mystery fiction, death, family life, family, homicide, siblings, suspense fiction, mystery fiction
City Of Bones
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 102
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: demonology, supernatural, fantasy, horror stories, bosch, harry (fictitious character), police, children, bosch, harry (fictional character), los angeles (calif.), magic, new york (n.y.) [X], young adult fiction, horror fiction, paranormal fiction, fantasy fiction, large type books [X], large print books, horror fiction, horror tales, paranormal fiction
Stacey's Mistake
Stacey invites her Baby-sitters Club friends to New York City for a long weekend full of activities but, much to her dismay, nothing turns out exactly as planned.
FIC
year: 1987
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
Gregor And The Prophecy Of Bane
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: underground areas, friendship, brothers and sisters, animals, fantasy, new york (n.y.) [X], fantasy fiction, siblings, large type books [X]
The House Of Mirth
Presents a detailed chronology of the life and career of author Edith Wharton, along with the text of her classic novel "The House of Mirth," introduction, and textual notes.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: social classes, single women, psychological fiction, new york (n.y.) [X], historical fiction, american literature, wharton, edith, large type books [X], large print books, fiction, psychological fiction
Cat & Mouse
Washington D.C. detective Alex Cross is beset by two killers, when Gary Soneji, a psychopath with AIDS declares his intention to murder Cross before he dies, while across the Atlantic, another psychokiller cuts a swath through London and Paris before setting his sights on the U.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: cross, alex (fictitious character), police, cross, alex (fictional character), mystery fiction, washington (d.c.), new york (n.y.) [X], europe, large type books [X], large print books, african american police, police psychologists, serial murderers, paris (france)
Very Valentine
Thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, faced with the seemingly impossible task of helping her family's Greenwich Village shoe business rebound from financial ruin, travels to Tuscany in search of techniques and materials which will help her rebuild the company, and while she is there, she learns a secret and has life-changing experiences.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: italian americans, italian american women, family life, love stories, new york (n.y.) [X], italian american families, large type books [X]
Red Mist
Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women detectives, medical examiners (law), scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), richmond (va.), large type books [X], large print books, new york (n.y.) [X]
Worst Case
Detective Michael Bennett is called in when the son of one of New York's richest families is kidnapped and held hostage, and when another student disappears, Bennett must rely on FBI agent Emily Parker before the mastermind can fulfill his plot to bring destruction to the city.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: