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Smoky Night

author: Bunting, Eve
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 193
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 360

The Ghost Children

author: Bunting, Eve
Matt's investigation of vandalism of life-sized dolls belonging to the strange but well-meaning aunt with whom he and his sister live takes him to the art world of Los Angeles.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630

The Curse Of The Bologna Sandwich

author: Trine, Greg
After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550

The Grateful Fred

author: Trine, Greg
When the star of the rock band The Grateful Fred receives threatening letters, he calls on Marvin, the superhero in charge of Los Angeles, and his assistant, Candace, to stop the criminal and his henchmen before they destroy Fred's reputation.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590

Pinch Hit

author: Green, Tim
Trevor, an actor in a major film who lives in a Bel Aire mansion, and Sam, a boy who enjoys baseball and barely has enough to survive on, each have very different lives but look exactly alike.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 83
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730

The Princess & The Pauper

author: Brian, Kate
Carina, crown princess of a tiny European nation, is desperate to sneak away from her chaperones while on a goodwill tour of Los Angeles to attend a Toadmuffin concert, so she switches places with local look-alike Julia, who is only too happy to accept ten thousand dollars to attend an embassy ball, but things go awry when Julia falls in love with Carina's fiance, and Carina somehow finds herself on the way to Texas on the band tour bus.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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The Loud Silence Of Francine Green

author: Cushman, Karen
In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

The Neddiad

author: Pinkwater, Daniel Manus
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: turtles, humorous stories, historical fiction, los angeles (calif.) [X]

A Girl, A Ghost, And The Hollywood Hills

author: Zindel, Lizabeth
When the ghost of Holly's mother claims she was murdered by Holly's aunt, Claudia, Holly must decide how far she will go to get revenge.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: death, grief, mothers and daughters, aunts, los angeles (calif.) [X]

My Life As A Stuntboy

author: Tashjian, Janet
Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 100
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810

One Of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies

author: Sones, Sonya
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820

The Other Life

author: Winnacker, Susanne
More than three years after a rabies mutation drove survivors into underground bunkers, fifteen-year-old Sherry teams up with seventeen-year-old Joshua, who takes her to Safe Haven and helps rescue her family while fending off part-human, part-beast creatures known as Weepers.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: survival skills, family life, horror fiction, los angeles (calif.) [X]

City Of Bones

author: Clare, Cassandra, Connelly, Michael
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 147
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710

Confessions Of A So-called Middle Child

author: Lennon, M. T
Charlie C. Cooper, reformed bully, gifted hacker, and middle child wants to make "cool" friends at her new school in Los Angeles, but her psychologist tasks her with becoming friends with the school's "biggest loser".
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610

Strawberry Moon

author: English, Karen
While driving to Auntie Dot's house, Junie tells her children about spending fifth grade there during her parent's separation many years earlier, when finding a best friend seemed almost as important as seeing her mother again.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

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