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 [X], electronic books [X], electronic books, audiobooks, compact discs, large type books, children's audiobooks, african american
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 [X], electronic books [X]