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: 145
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) [X], 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 [X]
The Necromancer
Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: flamel, nicolas, machiavelli, niccol?, dee, john, alchemists, magic, supernatural, brothers and sisters, twins, london (england) [X], england, chemists, siblings, machiavelli, niccol??, large type books [X], large print books, paranormal fiction
The Apothecary
Fourteen-year-old Janie Scott, newly arrived in London from Los Angeles in 1952, becomes friends with a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows, and is drawn into a dangerous adventure with Benjamin when his father is kidnapped and Russian spies try to steal his book of secrets.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: cold war, alchemy, adventure and adventurers, london (england) [X], great britain, adventure fiction, large type books [X], adventure stories
The Screaming Staircase
Follows three young operatives of a psychic detection agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 93
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: supernatural, haunted houses, psychic ability, ghosts, london (england) [X], england, ghost stories, paranormal fiction, psychics, ghost stories, paranormal fiction, large type books [X], large print books, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction
A True And Faithful Narrative
In London in the 1680s, Meg--now sixteen years old--tries to decide whether to marry either of the two men who court her, taking into account both love and her writing ambitions.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: authorship, courtship, sex role, london (england) [X], great britain, large type books [X]
The Girl On The Train
"Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning ... past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck every day.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: railroad travel, commuters, strangers, london (england) [X], mystery fiction, psychological fiction, railroads, travel, large print books, psychological fiction, suspense fiction, thrillers (fiction), large type books [X]
Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs, a one-time maid who was encouraged by her employer to seek an education, becomes a private investigator after serving at the front as a nurse during World War I, but her first case brings back disturbing memories of the war when her inquiries lead her to The Retreat, a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers from which no one ever seems to emerge.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women private investigators, large type books [X], world war, 1914-1918, women detectives, large print books, veterans, historical fiction, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], historical fiction, mystery fiction