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
The Prince And The Pauper
Young Tom is a pauper, doomed to wander the streets begging for crusts.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: edward, princes, poor, lookalikes, adventure and adventurers fiction, england fiction, false personation, england, impostors and imposture, boys, london (england) [X], fiction, mistaken identity, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adapted, princes and princesses, great britain, historical fiction, edward vi, king of england, twain, mark, 1835-1910, poor children, adventure stories, edward vi, king of england, social classes, kings, queens, rulers, etc, historical fiction
Bleak House
Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: illegitimate children, guardian and ward, young women, illegitimacy, london (england) [X], england, guardian-ward relationship, inheritance and succession, bildungsromans, mystery fiction, social problems, didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction