Isabel
In 1592, twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of adventure and finds it, not only on her journey from her London home to her aunt's manor house in Northamptonshire, but also through the healing arts her aunt teaches her.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: behavior, healers, aunts, theater, adventure and adventurers, london (england) [X], great britain
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: 45
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) [X], aunts, historical fiction, bildungsromane, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books
The Secret Of Platform 13
A young hag, an old wizard, a gentle fey and a giant ogre are on a mission to rescue the prince who was kidnapped as an infant.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 50
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
Peter And The Sword Of Mercy
James, one of Peter Pan's original Lost Boys, asks George Darling and his wife Molly to help him find a secret cache of startstuff, which is hidden in a vault that can only be opened with a secret key kept with the crown jewels, but when Molly disappears, it is up to her daughter Wendy and Peter to rescue Molly, protect the treasure, and defeat Captain Hook.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: peter pan (fictitious character), swords, supernatural, london (england) [X], characters in literature, peter pan (fictional character), characters and characteristics in literature, magic, england, paranormal fiction
Theodosia And The Serpents Of Chaos
Eleven-year-old Theodosia has the ability to detect black magic and ancient curses that are attached to objects in the Museum of Legends and Antiquities, which her father is the curator of, and discovers that a new artifact from Egypt is cursed and she must return it to the tomb it was excavated from before it destroys the British Empire.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: museums, magic, blessing and cursing, families, adventure and adventurers, london (england) [X], great britain, egypt
The Case That Time Forgot
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister who are living in England, use clues from their ancestor Sherlock Holmes' casebook when they are asked by a classmate to find an ancient Egyptian artifact that has been missing for many years.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories, siblings, mystery fiction, egypt, london (england) [X], england, london (england), england, egypt antiquities
A Ghost Tale For Christmas Time
Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 156
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: dickens, charles, time travel, magic, brothers and sisters, london (england) [X], great britain, jack (fictitious character : osborne), annie (fictitious character : osborne), fantasy fiction, siblings
The Hidden Gallery
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: governesses, feral children, orphans, blessing and cursing, london (england) [X], england, wild children, magic, adventure fiction
A Little Princess
Presents an illustrated retelling of the classic novel in which Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
A Boy Called Dickens
Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
One Dog And His Boy
When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: dogs, human-animal relationship, voyages and travels, wealth, family life, london (england) [X], england
The Case Of The Left-handed Lady
Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: kidnapping, hypnotism, characters in literature, mystery and detective stories, london (england) [X], great britain, characters and characteristics in literature, historical fiction, mystery fiction
The Terrorist
Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American living in London, tries to find the person responsible for the death of her younger brother Billy, who has been killed by a terrorist bomb.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: terrorism, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], terrorist acts
The Angel Factory
Spurred on by his best friend, twelve-year-old Thomas uncovers two major family secrets: that he was adopted, and that his perfect-seeming family is part of an other-worldly organization.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
Sorcery And Cecelia, Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits, which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720