Bless Me, Ultima
Presents selected readings from "Bless Me, Ultima, " a novel about a healer who helps Antonio after coming to live with his family in New Mexico, and includes a discussion of the lifestyles of Chicano farmers and ranchers, a Spanish-English glossary, and questions for the reader.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: voyages and travels, mexican americans, new mexico, mexican american children, healers, readers for new literates [X]
Myths
Presents illustrated retellings of eight familiar Greek myths, including "Midas and the Golden Touch, " tales of the Trojan War, and others.
291.1
year: 1991
copies: 1
call number/section: 291.1
lexile: 420
subjects: mythology, greek, readers for new literates [X], classical mythology, reading materials, greek mythology
Getting The Real Story
Parallel biographies of two women who used their journalistic skills to fight against unjust treatment based on sex and race in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.
920
year: 1992
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: bly, nellie, wells-barnett, ida b., readers, readers for new literates [X], women journalists, journalists, african americans
Little Bear
004
year: 2002
copies: 19
call number/section: 004
lexile:
subjects: indians of north america, animals, english fiction, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Freedom is everything to Huckleberry Finn. How can he avoid being "civilized" by the good-hearted Widow Douglas? But just now Huck has more important things on his mind -- like helping his friend Jim escape the slave-catchers!.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: humorous fiction, adventure fiction, classic, boys, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), mississippi river, finn, huckleberry, 1800-1899, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, voyages and travels, slavery, missouri, action and adventure fiction, fiction, history, adventure fiction
Romeo And Juliet
These classic plays retold will grab a student's attention from the first page.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, romeo, juliet, children's plays, english, vendetta, youth, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, verona (italy), italy, adaptations, drama
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 230
subjects: finn, huckleberry, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), mississippi river, missouri, novels, fiction, boys, adventure stories, humorous stories, tourism
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
An adaptation of the classic novel in which young Tom Sawyer embarks on a series of adventures along the Mississippi River with his friends Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, including witnessing a murder, looking for buried treasure, and whitewashing a fence.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 250
subjects: sawyer, tom, boys, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, adventure fiction, sawyer, tom (fictional character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), mississippi river, missouri, adventure fiction, fiction, adventure stories
No Way To Run
A jewelry store robber's life is changed after he meets a disabled young woman who witnessed his crime.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: outlaws, people with disabilities, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, robbers and outlaws, crime, physically handicapped, readers (publications), fiction, young adult fiction
The Very Bad Dream
Surely Valerie Monroe's nightmare was not real. But it felt real, and the news on the television frightened her even more.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: readers for new literates [X], nightmares, dreams, fiction, juvenile works, young adult fiction
The Kula'i Street Knights
Eddie, a cop in a Honolulu neighborhood, suspects that something is wrong about a series of recent muggings that have been prevented by a group of teens called the Kula'i Street Knights.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: police, detective and mystery stories, gangs, extortion, readers for new literates [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, crime, honolulu (hawaii), hawaii, readers (publications), detective and mystery fiction, fiction