Bit of Earth by Riazi, Karuna 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 749456 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Pakistanis - Fiction Families - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Muslims - Fiction Large print books Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the America, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. In large print hardcover format.

Bit of Earth by Riazi, Karuna 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 749467 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Pakistanis - Fiction Families - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Muslims - Fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the America, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world.

Great Gatsby : a graphic novel adaptation by Fitzgerald, F. Scott 

Paperback(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 339497 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-16   
Lexile: 530 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Rich - Fiction Nineteen twenties - Fiction Love - Fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: At the height of the Jazz Age in the 1920s, the young millionaire Jay Gatsby hosts extravagant parties at his Long Island mansion, but his true persona is an enigma to even his next-door neighbor Nick Carraway. In graphic novel format.

Summer we found the baby by Hest, Amy 

Paperback(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 441564 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 570 HL F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Infants - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Community life - Fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: The events of one extraordinary summer during World War II when three children find a baby in a basket on the library steps.

Wednesday wars by Schmidt, Gary D. 

Paperback(Clarion, 2007)

BTSB #: 786861 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 6.8 6-8 Lexile: 990 F&P: X

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Shakespeare, William,|d1564-1616.|tPlays - Fiction Bildungsromans School stories Family life - Fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: In 1967, on Wednesday afternoons, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood and his teacher, Mrs. Baker, read the plays of William Shakespeare while his classmates go to Catechism or Hebrew School.

Wednesday wars by Schmidt, Gary D. 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 786863 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Shakespeare, William,|d1564-1616.|tPlays - Fiction Bildungsromans School stories Family life - Fiction Large print books Large type books Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: In 1967, on Wednesday afternoons, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood and his teacher, Mrs. Baker, read the plays of William Shakespeare while his classmates go to Catechism or Hebrew School. Large print hardcover format.

Zoobreak by Korman, Gordon 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P06760 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Adventure Fiction Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Zoos - Fiction Theft - Fiction Animal rescue - Fiction Adventure fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.