Breaker boy by Harlow, Joan Hiatt 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 419844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction

Subjects: Coal mines and mining - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Physicians - Fiction Phobias - Fiction Rescues - Fiction Polish Americans - Fiction JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1911 Pennsylvania, Corey, eleven, works in coal mines to help support his family, but when an accident triggers a phobia, he must turn to a strange recluse for help.

Fleabrain loves Franny by Rocklin, Joanne 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2014)

BTSB #: 761271 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Poliomyelitis - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Fleas - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Pittsburgh (Pa.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: This middle-grade novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952-53. The protagonist is Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness. While recovering from polio, she begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain.

My own lightning by Wolk, Lauren 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Children's Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 961497 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 710 HL F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Lost and found possessions - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Community life - Fiction

Summary: Months after the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, the routine of daily life in Wolf Hollow has returned. For Annabelle McBride, loss continues to cast a long shadow. A powerful storm is about to leave change in its wake, setting Annabelle on a new path to help her little brother Henry. Searching for her brother's missing dog sets Annabelle on a new path to unfamiliar doorsteps and reunites her with a too-familiar adversary--Andy Woodberry, Betty's co-conspirator.

Nate expectations [Nate (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)]by Federle, Tim 

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

BTSB #: 327676 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.6 6-8 Lexile: 860

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: High schools - Fiction School stories Musicals - Fiction Theater - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Gays - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Pennsylvania - Fiction

Summary: When E.T.: The Musical closes, Nate reluctantly returns home to begin high school and, with his best friend, Libby, makes a project of turning Dickens' Great Expectations into a musical.

Nate expectations [Nate]by Federle, Tim 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 327682 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.9 MG Lexile: 860

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: High schools - Fiction School stories Musicals - Fiction Theater - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Gays - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Large print books Pennsylvania - Fiction

Summary: When E.T.: The Musical closes, Nate reluctantly returns home to begin high school and, with his best friend, Libby, makes a project of turning Dickens' Great Expectations into a musical. Large print hardcover format.

Powerless [Supers Of Noble's Green Volume: Book 1]by Cody, Matthew 

Paperback(Yearling, 2011)

BTSB #: 225499 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 800

Genres: Supernatural Family Life

Subjects: Supernatural - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Moving - Fiction School stories Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction

Summary: Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.

Sophomores and other oxymorons by Lubar, David 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 589706 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.6 MG+ Lexile: 610 HL

Genres:

Subjects: High schools - Fiction School stories Dating (Social customs) - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Pennsylvania - Fiction

Summary: Following a difficult freshman year, Scott Hudson is hoping that sophomore year will be easier, but after a disaster of a first week he finds himself faced with new challenges--including a particularly demanding English teacher, a school board member whose budget cutting is covering up a crime, and the discovery that his friendship with Lee, the Goth girl he met last year, is turning into something else entirely.

Wolf Hollow : a novel by Wolk, Lauren 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Pess, 2020)

BTSB #: 961527 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Large print books Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran. Large print hardcover format.

Wolf Hollow : a novel by Wolk, Lauren 

Paperback(Dutton Children's Books, 2016)

BTSB #: 961552 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran.