The Giver
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1623
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: science fiction, newbery medal, newbery, memory, coming of age, utopian fiction, bildungsromans, dystopias, boys, control (psychology), social control, ethics, audiobooks, newbery honor book, children's audiobooks, audiobooks, chinese language, dystopias, science fiction, bildungsromans, control, dystopian comics, science fiction comics, graphic novels, large type books, electronic books [X], electronic books, dystopian fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, comics adaptations
Bud, Not Buddy
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 620
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: runaways, african americans, depressions, historical fiction, runaway children, extreme read-spunk, michigan, depression, great depression, 1929-1939, runaway, large print books, humorous fiction, historical fiction, electronic books [X], electronic books, audiobooks, compact discs, large type books, children's audiobooks, african american
Gathering Blue
Companion book to the Newbery Award winner The Giver. Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 391
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: orphans, science fiction, artists, people with disabilities, physically handicapped, orphans - fiction, handicapped, electronic books [X], electronic books
The Chocolate War
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Chocolate War," a story in which a high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 74
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: high schools, bullies, schools, readers rule, bullying, audiobooks, school stories, large type books, large print books, compact discs, electronic books [X], electronic books
The Car
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: automobiles, travel, vietnam war, 1961-1975, veterans, teenagers, boys, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, electronic books [X], cars, tourism
Before We Were Free
Anita, a typically self-absorbed twelve-year-old living in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s, is surprised to discover her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: trujillo molina, rafael leonidas, family, family life, revolutions, dominican republic, historical fiction, families, historical fiction, electronic books [X]
Finding Miracles
Fifteen-year-old Milly Kaufman is an average American teenager until Pablo, a new student at her school, inspires her to search for her birth family in his native country.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: adoption, schools, high schools, school stories, central america, young adult fiction, electronic books [X], electronic books