The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp
Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: arthur, adventure and adventurers, orphans [X], adventure fiction, large type books, large print books, action and adventure fiction [X]
Alfred Kropp
Alfred Kropp faces an unknown enemy that is causing him to question who he can trust and whether or not he will escape this latest adventure with his life.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: adventure and adventurers, antiquities, knights and knighthood, orphans [X], conduct of life, action and adventure fiction [X]
The Jungle Book
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves.
398
year: 2016
copies: 64
call number/section: 398
lexile: 1080
subjects: mowgli (fictitious character), jungles, animals, mowgli (fictional character), india, large type books, children's stories, english, short stories, jungle animals, feral children, boys, wild children, kipling, rudyard, mowgli, orphans [X], action and adventure films, film adaptations, film remakes, feature films, fiction films, video recordings for the hearing impaired, video recordings for people with visual disabilities, french language materials, spanish language materials, drama, large print books, action and adventure fiction [X], short stories, mongooses
The Mysterious Woods Of Whistle Root
Eleven-year-old Carly Bean Bitters, an orphan, can only sleep during the day and feels very lonely until she meets a rat, Lewis, and sets off on an adventure to figure out what is threatening the woods and its inhabitants.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: rats, owls, forests and forestry, musicians, monsters, orphans [X], action and adventure fiction [X]
Wanderville
To escape rumored terrors in Kansas, New Yorkers Jack and Frances, eleven, and Frances's brother Harold, seven, jump off an orphan train in 1899 and help new friend Alexander to build Wanderville, a safe place for homeless children.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: orphans [X], homeless persons, adventure fiction, adventure stories, siblings, kansas, brothers and sisters, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / 20th century, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / survival stories, juvenile fiction / family / orphans & foster homes, action and adventure fiction [X], historical fiction
Threatened
Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to fend for himself and join forces with the chimps to save their forest.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: orphans [X], chimpanzees, animal rescue, wildlife rescue, gabon, action and adventure fiction [X]
Urban Outlaws
Deep beneath London, five extraordinary youths, orphans who bonded over their shared sense of justice, have formed the Urban Outlaws and dedicated themselves to outsmarting criminals and performing Random Acts of Kindness (R.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: ability, orphans [X], criminals, computers, adventure fiction, action and adventure fiction [X], science fiction
The Frankenstein Journals
This time fourteen-year-old J.D. is looking for the family of the contributor of his dad's large intestines, and the search leads him to Florida, and his "cousin" Gloria, bodyguard of the Vampire--but when she is wounded protecting J.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: frankenstein's monster (fictional character), frankenstein, victor (fictional character), orphans [X], human experimentation in medicine, life, scientists, bodyguards, monsters, vampires, florida, artificial life, adventure fiction, characters and characteristics in literature, characters in literature, new york (n.y.), action and adventure fiction [X]
On Track For Treasure
"When the town sheriff discovers the exact location of 'Wanderville,' the orphans who live there--Jack, Frances, Harold, Alexander, and their new friends--must flee their home in the woods"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: orphans [X], homeless persons, siblings, adventure fiction, brothers and sisters, action and adventure fiction [X]
Anyone But Ivy Pocket
"Fate intervenes when Ivy is called to the sickbed of a dying duchess and is charged with delivering a mystical (and possibly cursed) diamond necklace to the utterly revolting Matilda Butterfield for her twelfth birthday"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: orphans [X], necklaces, magic, upper class, blessing and cursing, aristocracy (social class), action and adventure fiction [X], fantasy fiction
The Water And The Wild
Lottie Fiske is a lonely twelve-year-old orphan, who lives in a boarding house, and her only friends in the world are Eliot, a boy who is very sick, and the mysterious letter-writer who sends her birthday gifts--so when a strange girl steps out of a closet and insists that Lottie follow her down the roots of the apple tree in the yard to another world, which may hold a cure for Eliot, Lottie has to go.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
The Black Dragon
Talented magician Danny, who is half-Chinese, half-British, and dwarf strongman Zamora try to find the connection between the disastrous end of the circus Mysterium, where Danny's performer parents were killed, and the disappearance of his guardian aunt, who is investigating sinister gangs in Hong Kong.
FIC
year:
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: racially mixed people, orphans [X], gangs, magic tricks, circus, hong kong (china), action and adventure fiction [X], electronic books, electronic books
The Lost Compass
"Thirteen-year-old tetherboy Chess and his crew may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: survival skills, recycling, environmental degradation, orphans [X], juvenile fiction / action & adventure / pirates, science fiction, action and adventure fiction [X]
Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket
"Everyone seems to want a piece of Ivy Pocket. Her adoptive parents keep trying to get her to clean the funeral home, even though Ivy's certain she's already the picture of a perfect daughter.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: aristocracy (social class), blessing and cursing, necklaces, orphans [X], magic, aristocracy, humorous fiction, action and adventure fiction [X]
Foxheart
"Twelve-year-old Quicksilver lives as a thief in the sleepy town of Willow-on-the-River.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: orphans [X], thieves, witches, magic, friendship, adventure fiction, fantasy fiction, action and adventure fiction [X]