Seven Spools Of Thread
When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 430
Football Hero
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: football, brothers [X], large type books, conduct of life [X], family, new jersey, new york (n.y.), family life, mafia
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: self-confidence, conduct of life [X], interpersonal relations, authorship, brothers [X], pennsylvania
Surviving Brick Johnson
Afraid of getting maimed for making fun of Brick, the husky new kid in his fifth-grade class, Nick decides that even his baseball collection will not protect him so he signs up for karate class, despite his little brother's reassurances that Brick is not a bully.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
Millions
The Cunningham brothers literally have money drop in their laps when a bag of cash falls from the sky; however, the crooks who initially stole the loot are hot on the trail to retrieve it.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
Dark Waters
Col McCann becomes a local hero when he saves a boy from drowning but when his older brother is suspected of a serious crime, Col must decide if he should be loyal to his family or tell the truth about what he saw while under the water.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
Are We There Yet?
Tricked by their parents into taking a trip to Italy together, two brothers--one in high school and the other recently graduated from college--reflect on the directions of their own lives and on the distance that has grown between them.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: brothers [X], conduct of life [X], interpersonal relations, vacations, italy, schools, friendship, school stories
Learning The Game
When he and his high-school basketball teammates steal from a fraternity house in their small Indiana town, Nate contends with his guilt, his loyalty to his friends, and his desire to help his older brother who comes under suspicion for the crime.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050
Riding Invisible
A fictional journal in which fifteen-year-old Yancy Aparicio details his adventure in the wilderness after he decides to run away from home because he is tired of his older brother's behavior and ends up staying on a ranch in the desert where he reflects on his relationships with his sibling, parents, and a girl from school and decides he needs to be more self-confident.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: brothers [X], conduct disorders in adolescence, family problems, brothers and sisters, conduct of life [X], family life, siblings, dysfunctional families, families
The Merbaby
When he and his brother Josh find a mer-baby caught in their fishing net, Tarron, rejecting his brother's plan to sell the baby and make a profit, discovers that there are greater treasures than gold.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
Angry Young Man
Eighteen-year-old Robert tries to help his half-brother Xan, a seventeen-year-old misfit, to make better choices as he becomes increasingly attracted to a variety of protesters, anarchists, and the like.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: brothers [X], conduct of life [X], protest movements, single-parent families, mother-son relationship, mothers and sons
Benched
Cody and his friends get caught up in gang activity when they steal a park bench.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: gangs, theft, conduct of life [X], friendship, stealing, bereavement, teenage boys, brothers [X]
Alek
Leaving behind Crow Cove and Doup, the name he was called there, Alek journeys to his heartbroken older brother's home in the fishing village of Last Harbor, where Alek finds works at an inn and rescues a beautiful foreigner whose parents were killed by ship wreckers.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
Thin Space
Consumed by guilt and secrets about his twin brother's death, Marsh Windsor is looking for a thin space--a place where the barrier between this world and the next is thin enough for a person to cross over--in hopes of setting things right.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: schools, supernatural, conduct of life [X], interpersonal relations, dead, high schools, twins, brothers [X]
Extra Innings
"Tiki and Ronde have their sights set on a big diamond--a baseball diamond! Sure, they're experienced athletes, but they've never played baseball before.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: barber, tiki, barber, ronde, baseball, twins, brothers [X], african americans, conduct of life [X]