The Giver
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1623
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: science fiction, newbery medal, newbery, memory, coming of age [X], utopian fiction, bildungsromans, dystopias, boys, control (psychology), social control, ethics, audiobooks, newbery honor book, children's audiobooks, audiobooks [X], chinese language, dystopias, science fiction, bildungsromans, control, dystopian comics, science fiction comics, graphic novels, large type books, electronic books, electronic books, dystopian fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, comics adaptations
Great Expectations
Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 179
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: young men, england, dickens, charles, orphans, coming of age [X], man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, benefactors, youth, bildungsromans, great britain, man-woman relationships, revenge, historical fiction, closed caption video recordings, closed captioning, dvds, audiobooks, working class, inheritance and succession, literature - adapted, gifts, bildungsromane, audiobooks [X], bildungsromans, adaptations, graphic novels, love stories, love, cartoons and comics, conduct of life, industrial revolution, social classes, electronic books
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
It's Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren't celebrating.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 100
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: brothers, gangs, harlem (new york, n.y.), lego toys, coming of age [X], bildungsromans, children's audiobooks, audiobooks [X]