Currents by Smolik, Jane Petrlik 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2015)

BTSB #: 831252 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Slavery - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Social classes - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Irish Americans - Fiction Authorship - Fiction Isle of Wight (England) - History - 19th century - Fiction Great Britain - History|yVictoria, 1837-1901 - Fiction

Summary: In 1854 eleven-year-old Bones is a slave in Virginia who sends a bottle holding her real name and a trinket from her long-lost father down the James River--the currents carry it far away, ultimately uniting the lives of three young girls.

Gallery by Fitzgerald, Laura Marx 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 339564 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.1 MG RC: 6.4 6-8 Lexile: 920

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Mystery fiction Household employees - Fiction Art - Fiction Irish Americans - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction

Summary: In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.

Last of the name by Parry, Rosanne 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2019)

BTSB #: 700615 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 720

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Irish Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Siblings - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction

Summary: In 1863, twelve-year-old Danny and his older sister Kathleen arrive in New York City to start a new life, but they soon find themselves navigating new prejudices and struggles.

Water steps by LaFaye, A. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01298 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres:

Subjects: Water - Fiction Phobias - Fiction Irish Americans - Fiction Lake Champlain - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Kyna, terrified of water since her family drowned in a storm that nearly took her life as well, works to overcome her phobia when her adoptive parents, Irish immigrants with a mysterious past, rent a cabin on Lake Champlain for the summer.