Meet Samantha, An American Girl
In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 94
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: friendship, household employees [X], women, orphans, historical fiction, new york (n.y.) [X]
Re Jane
Desperate for a new life, Korean-American Jane Re is thrilled to get out of her strict Korean family by way of becoming the au pair for a wealthy Brooklyn family, which comes along with lectures on feminism, as well as the male attentions of Ed Farley.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: korean american women, household employees [X], man-woman relationship, group identity, bildungsromans, seoul (korea), new york (n.y.) [X], au pairs, man-woman relationships, korea
The Gallery
In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920