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 [X], stepfathers, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, great britain, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, men, london (england), aunts, historical fiction [X], bildungsromane, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books
Treasure Island
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 193
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: pirates, buried treasure, adventure and adventurers, treasure island (imaginary place), treasure-troves, caribbean area, treasure troves, adventure stories, treasure-trove, adventure fiction, cartoons and comics, adventure and adventures-fiction, pirates-fiction, buried treasure-fiction, feature films, children's films, caribbean region, action and adventure fiction, boys [X], caribbean region, adventure and adventures, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, adventure fiction, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]
Milkweed
Follows a young Jewish orphan in the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others survive.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 254
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: boys [X], jews, holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), world war, 1939-1945, warsaw (poland), holocaust, 1933-1945, historical fiction, holocaust, orphans, poland, holocaust, 1939-1945, historical fiction [X], jewish fiction, bildungsromans
Kidnapped
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
FIC
year: 7119
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: kidnapping, scotland, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, kidnapping fiction, adventure and adventurers fiction, scotland fiction, historical fiction, adventure stories, kidnapping victims, disinheritance, teenage boys, jacobites, plot-your-own stories, adventures and adventurers, horror tales, horror fiction, college stories, colleges and universities, horror stories, coming of age, radical reader, inheritance and succession, teenagers, boys [X], action and adventure fiction, historical fiction [X]
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 [X], london (england), 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 [X]
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Presents the original text of the Mark Twain story that relates the escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friends in a small, 19th-century town on the Mississippi River, and provides side notes, illustrations, and annotations that contain information on the history, geography, and social customs of the day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 238
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: misouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictional character), mississippi river, missouri, boys [X], sawyer, tom, clemens, samuel langhorne, adventure fiction, large type books, runaway children, mississippi river valley, fugitive slaves, southern states, adventure stories, humorous fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), fiction, historical fiction [X], adventure fiction, child witnesses, bildungsromans, humorous stories, bildungsromans, united states, sawyer, tom, humorous stories, adventure stories, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure, fiction book, quest, mississippi, audiobooks, compact discs, humorous fiction, witnesses, electronic books, action and adventure fiction
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 [X], families, rain and rainfall, dust bowl era, 1931-1939, kansas, family life, rain, historical fiction, cartoons and comics, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, historical fiction [X], graphic novels
A Separate Peace
Based on John Knowles' novel, this involving a young man's first glimpse of adult emotions and motivations is compelling in both plot and perfomrance.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 345
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1110
subjects: preparatory school students, boys [X], friendship, death, school stories, new hampshire, private schools, closed captioning, dvds, closed caption video recordings, bildungsromans, audiobooks, schools, historical fiction, video recordings for the hearing impaired, ethnics - fiction, preparatory schools - fiction, friendship - fiction, audiobooks, historical fiction [X], bildungsromane
The Prince And The Pauper
Young Prince Edward and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks just like the royal youth, both learn something about "pleasures and palaces" when they accidentally switch places in sixteenth-century England.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1160
subjects: edward, impostors and imposture, social classes, poor children, princes, boys [X], london (england), princes and princesses, poor, adventure fiction, great britain, adventure and adventurers, england, biographical fiction, edward vi, imposters and imposture, kings, queens, rulers, etc, kings and rulers, impersonation, historical fiction [X]
Little Men
Sequel to "Little Women" Aunt March's house has been turned into a school by Jo and her husband.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1260
subjects: march family (fictitious characters), boarding schools, schools, family life, march family (fictional characters), new england, march, jo (fictitious character), families, boys [X], private schools, historical fiction [X]
The Devil's Den
"Indian Territory, 1881. Brody Martin, at 15 has survived a gunpowder explosion, a bear attack, a panther attack, and more than one attempt on his life.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boys [X], frontier and pioneer life, united states, historical fiction [X], action and adventure fiction
The Button War
Twelve-year-old Patryk knows little of the world beyond his tiny Polish village; the Russians have occupied the land for as long as anyone can remember, but otherwise life is unremarkable.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jealousy, male friendship, poland, world war, 1939-1945, historical fiction [X], world war, 1914-1918, large type books, boys [X], friendship, contests, poland
The Eleventh Hour
"Jules and Jim are best friends. They play together. They go to school together.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: world war, 1914-1918, boys [X], friendship, soldiers, historical fiction [X], picture books
Bone Talk
"More than a hundred years ago, a boy named Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Pony
"About a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: boys [X], ghost stories, horsemen and horsewomen, ponies, quests (expeditions), adventure and adventurers, ghosts, adventure fiction, action and adventure fiction, ghost stories, historical fiction [X], paranormal fiction, fathers and sons, rescues, adventure stories, father-son relationship, rescue work