Better to wish by Martin, Ann M. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02119 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres:

Subjects: Family life - Maine - Fiction Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Maine - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1930 Abby Nichols is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens, and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.

Josie Bloom and the emergency of life by Long, Susan Hill 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 585210 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 720

Genres: Family Life Historical Fiction

Subjects: Personal finance - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Baseball - Fiction Family life - Maine - Fiction Maine - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1977, middle-schooler Josie secretly takes on her aging grandfather's financial problems while also helping her friend Winky bail his Major League Baseball idol out of the town jail.

Like the willow tree : the diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce: Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lowry, Lois 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01389 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Diaries - Fiction Shakers - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Maine - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy by Schmidt, Gary D. 

Paperback(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)

BTSB #: 786822 Available

Dewey: FAges: 11-15   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 7.2 6-8 Lexile: 1000 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Race relations - Fiction Moving - Fiction Clergy - Fiction Maine - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1911, Turner dislikes his new home in Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers want to change into a tourist spot.

Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons by Mariconda, Barbara 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2012)

BTSB #: 603206 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.2 MG RC: 7.4 6-8 Lexile: 950

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Houses - Fiction Magic - Fiction Household employees - Fiction Uncles - Fiction Inheritance and succession - Fiction Maine - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After Lucy P. Simmons's parents drown, Lucy must find a way to keep her greedy aunt and uncle from taking her family's house. A mysterious woman who seems to come from the sea, as well as the house itself, come to Lucy's aid.