Peter Pan
The boy who wouldn't grow up and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in the Neverland evoke a deep emotional response as they give form to our feelings about parents, boys and girls, the unknown, freedom, and responsibility.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 145
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 400
subjects: peter pan (fictitious character), never-never land (imaginary place), fantasy, peter pan (fictional character), fantasy fiction, children [X], pirates, london (england), imagination, kensington gardens (london, england), audiobooks, fairies, movie novels, barrie, j. m, fantasy fiction, spanish language, bilingual books, brothers and sisters [X], siblings [X], peter pan, large type books
The Battle Of Gettysburg, 1863
Witnessing the harrowing events of the Civil War from the Pennsylvania sidelines, 11-year-old Henry endures the most grueling challenges of his life throughout a hot July week when he becomes inadvertently involved in the historic battle.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 153
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: gettysburg, battle of, gettysburg, pa., 1863, child slaves, slaves, historical fiction, united states, brothers and sisters [X], african americans, survival, civil war, survival skills, children [X], siblings [X], children's stories, historical fiction
Escape From Warsaw
Describes how three children of the Balicki family survived World War II and were reunited with their parents in the international children's village in Switzerland.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, brothers and sisters [X], historical fiction, siblings [X], children [X], poland, warsaw (poland) history uprising of 1943 juvenile fiction, holocaust, 1933 - 1945 poland juvenile fiction, world war, 1939 - 1945 poland juvenile fiction
Dark Places
Libby Day, still haunted by the day she witnessed the murder of her family on their farm in Kinnakee, Kansas, and twenty-five-years after testifying that her fifteen-year-old brother Ben was the killer, Libby is contacted by the Kill Club and devises a money making scheme that leads her back into a killer's path.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: children of murder victims, family, juvenile homicide, brothers and sisters [X], children [X], kansas city (mo.), homicide, siblings [X], mystery fiction, victims of crimes, families, suspense fiction