The Good Thieves
In 1920s New York City, a young girl with a deformed foot recruits her new friends, a female pickpocket and two circus performers, to help recover an emerald from her grandfather's mansion in upstate New York after he loses his home to an unscrupulous tycoon.
FIC
year:
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: friendship [X], grandfathers, theft, people with disabilities [X], new york (n.y.) [X], adventure stories, stealing, adventure and adventurers, action and adventure fiction
The Secret Garden On 81st Street
"Entitled loner Mary Lennox moves to her uncle's house in New York when her parents pass and makes friends for the first time, who help her restore her uncle's abandoned rooftop garden, teaching her to grieve and grow"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grief, orphans, children with disabilities, gardens, cousins, friendship [X], people with disabilities [X], cartoons and comics, new york (n.y.) [X], domestic comics, graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels
Turning
Before the 'accident' Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing friendship Genie realizes that she has to confront the things around her: like the booze her mother is hiding, or the fact that maybe her fall was not entirely accidental.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african american teenagers, ballet dancers, dancers with disabilities, falls (accidents), secrecy, mothers and daughters, friendship [X], african americans, teenagers, people with disabilities [X], accidents, secrets, mothers-daughter relationship, new york (n.y.) [X]
Los Ladrones Buenos
In 1920s New York City, a young girl with a deformed foot recruits her new friends, a female pickpocket and two circus performers, to help recover an emerald from her grandfather's mansion in upstate New York after he loses his home to an unscrupulous tycoon.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship [X], grandfathers, theft, people with disabilities [X], adventure fiction, spanish language, new york (n.y.) [X], action and adventure fiction