Everything else in the universe by Holczer, Tracy 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2018)

BTSB #: 456722 Available

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

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Amputees - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States - Fiction

Summary: In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm, and her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate through this difficult time of fear and uncertainty to realize she is much tougher than she thought.

Following Grandfather by Wells, Rosemary 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2012)

BTSB #: 933280 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.9 LG F&P: N

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Grandfathers - Fiction Grief - Fiction Mice - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Boston (Mass.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Jennie is as close to her grandfather as a mouse can be, and when he suddenly dies she keeps thinking she sees him turning a corner, sitting on a bench, heading for the pier, or walking along their beloved beach, seeking the elusive Queen's teacup seashell.

Granny Torrelli makes soup by Creech, Sharon 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00372 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Blind - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Cooking - Fiction

Summary: With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.

Isabella for real by Palatini, Margie 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)

BTSB #: 695523 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 4.3 LG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 730

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Honesty - Fiction Family life - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction

Summary: Pretending to have a much more glamorous family life, eleven-year-old Isabella worries that her new friends at a prestigious private school will discover that she is a "big fibbing, faking phony."

Possibilities of sainthood by Freitas, Donna 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00481 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Saints - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Family life - Rhode Island - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Conduct of life - Fiction Rhode Island - Fiction

Summary: While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.