Little Women
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300
subjects: sisters, family life, new england, historical fiction [X], family life- new england, new england- history- 19th century, march family (fictional characters), mother-daughter relationship, young women, march family (fictitious characters), mothers and daughters, family, compact discs, bildungsromans, girls, family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states, families, autobiographical fiction, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, autobiographical fiction, march, jo, march, amy (fictitious character), march, beth (fictitious character), march, meg (fictitious character), cartoons and comics [X], manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], graphic novels, confederate states of america, electronic books
The Cartoon Chronicles Of America
In 1775, Penny and her friend Nick, a homeless orphan, find themselves amidst the conflict in Massachusetts as the colonists prepare to revolt against the British military.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 430
subjects: orphans, friendship, historical fiction [X], united states, massachusetts, cartoons and comics [X], comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], historical fiction, graphic novels
The Storm In The Barn
Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everyday obstacles while his family and community contend with the challenges brought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 430
subjects: boys, families, rain and rainfall, dust bowl era, 1931-1939, kansas, family life, rain, historical fiction [X], cartoons and comics [X], comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], historical fiction, graphic novels
Lewis & Clark
A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the adventures of explorers Lewis and Clark during their journey from St.
917.8
year: 2011
copies: 20
call number/section: 917.8
lexile:
subjects: lewis, meriwether, clark, william, explorers, historical fiction [X], cartoons and comics [X], west (u.s.), lewis and clark expedition (1804-1806), lewis and clark expedition, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], western stories, west (united states), historical fiction, graphic novels
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 263
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics [X], mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states, audiobooks, voyages and travel, large print books, finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction [X], picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
The Man In The Iron Mask
A graphic adaptation of Alexander Dumas's novel in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: man in the iron mask, adventure and adventurers, historical fiction [X], cartoons and comics [X], adventure fiction, france, adventure graphic novels, adventure stories, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], adventure fiction, historical fiction, graphic novels
T-minus
A graphic novel depiction of a fictional story about the space race, in which two global superpowers along with a number of pilots, engineers, and scientists work to send the first man to the moon.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: space flight to the moon, astronautics, historical fiction [X], science fiction graphic novels, space race, science fiction, cartoons and comics [X], comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], historical fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
The Search
After recounting her experience as a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during the Holocaust, Esther, helped by her grandson, embarks on a search to discover what happened to her parents before they died in a concentration camp.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 320
subjects: holocaust, 1933-1945, holocaust survivors, jews, grandmothers, historical fiction [X], cartoons and comics [X], holocaust, 1939-1945, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], historical fiction, graphic novels
Rurouni Kenshin
Things are settling down at the Kamiya dojo. Sanosuke has come to grips with his past, Yahiko is learning to relax, and Kenshin is enjoying Kaoru's cooking.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 54
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: swordsmen, honor, heroes, japan, drug traffic, physicians, comic books, strips, etc, heroes and heroines, adventure fiction, historical fiction [X], manga, graphic novels [X], adventure fiction, historical fiction, graphic novels, adventure graphic novels, cartoons and comics [X]
Peacemaker Kurogane
Vice-Commander Hijikata loses his collection of haiku, Vice-Commander Yamanami distances himself from the rest of the Shinsengumi, and Suzu plans his next treacherous move.
741.5
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: samurai, historical fiction [X], manga, comic books, strips, etc, japan, cartoons and comics [X], graphic novels [X], historical fiction, graphic novels
Barefoot Gen
A graphic novel account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, based on the experiences of the author who was six-years-old at the time of the attack.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: autobiographical fiction, historical fiction [X], manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], hiroshima-shi (japan), cartoons and comics [X], autobiographical fiction, historical fiction, graphic novels, autobiographical comics, historical comics
Instruments Of Death
Shen, a young zither player in ancient China, is enlisted to perform for the emperor--a task that places his life in peril.
741.5
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: cartoons and comics [X], musicians, assassination, music, historical fiction [X], china, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X]
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone : Deaths-head Revisited
A former Nazi concentration camp guard returns to Dachau to relive his memories of the war and finds himself haunted and tortured by the prisoners who died at his hands.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: graphic novels [X], cartoons and comics [X], historical fiction [X], supernatural, holocaust, 1933-1945, germany
Outlaws Of The Marsh
"In the days of the Song Dynasty, government corruption is rampant, and the enemies of a ruthless schemer named Qiu Gao are driven out of power and into the untamed countryside of China.
741.5
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 370
subjects: criminals, historical fiction [X], manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], china, brigands and robbers, robbers and outlaws, cartoons and comics [X], thieves, electronic books
Stranger Things
"Years after escaping Hawkins Lab, two of Dr. Brenner's former subjects, Ricky and Marcie, seek to live normal lives.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 102
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: missing children, parapsychology, nineteen eighties, monsters, graphic novel, comic books, strips, etc, horror comic books, strips, etc, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, horror graphic novels, science fiction graphic novels, comics & graphic novels / science fiction, comics & graphic novels / media tie-in, comics & graphic novels / horror, horror comics, science fiction comics, comics (graphic works), graphic novels, historical fiction [X], monster comics, historical comics, nineteen seventies, human experimentation in medicine, parapsychologists, psychics, graphic novels [X], comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics [X], electronic books, imaginary places