Nowhere boy by Marsh, Katherine 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 604967 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 810

Genres:

Subjects: Loneliness - Fiction Grief - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Brussels (Belgium) - Fiction

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ahmed lost everything and everyone in Syria's war. Now he struggles on his own in Brussels as a young Syrian refugee. Then he meets Max, an American boy who is lonely and homesick and a friendship begins to grow.

Nowhere boy by Marsh, Katherine 

Paperback(Square Fish/Roaring Brook Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 604973 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 810

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Loneliness - Fiction Grief - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Brussels (Belgium) - Fiction

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ahmed lost everything and everyone in Syria's war. Now he struggles on his own in Brussels as a young Syrian refugee. Then he meets Max, an American boy who is lonely and homesick and a friendship begins to grow.

One Christmas wish by Rundell, Katherine 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 771084 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.9 LG Lexile: 560

Genres: Holidays

Subjects: Christmas decorations - Fiction Wishes - Fiction Magic - Fiction Loneliness - Fiction Christmas - Fiction

Summary: While his parents work and his babysitter sleeps, Theo wishes on a shooting star not to be alone, and soon the old ornaments he found have come to life.

Someday by Levithan, David 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2018)

BTSB #: 567507 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   
AR: 4.8 UG Lexile: 720 HL

Genres: Science Fiction

Subjects: Love - Fiction Loneliness - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: When A discovers there are others who wake up in a different person's body every day, A gains new understanding of the extremes where love and loneliness can lead. Told from multiple perspectives.

Song for everyone by Morris, Lucy 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 659412 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Singing - Fiction Loneliness - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: A song coming from a small, high window transforms a lonely boy, a stray cat, an elderly woman, then an entire town, so when the music stops, they come together to save it.

Splatypus by Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta 

BTSB Prebound(Two Lions, 2017)

BTSB #: 089872 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Platypuses - Fiction Loneliness - Fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: Lonely Platypus wants to play, but where should he go? Can a SPLATypus find a place where he belongs?

Town of Turtle by Cuevas, Michelle 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 252236 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.4 K-2 Lexile: 600 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Building - Fiction Turtles - Fiction Loneliness - Fiction

Summary: Lonely Turtle's only friend is his shadow until he decides to build a deck, then a garden, then houses and other buildings until, while he naps, new friends arrive.