Gingersnap by Giff, Patricia Reilly 

Audio Book([Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02056 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Fiction Orphans - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Missing in action - Fiction Ghosts - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn.

If I ever get out of here by Gansworth, Eric L. 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2015)

BTSB #: 366050 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.6 MG+RC: 5.6 6-8 Lexile: 870

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Tuscarora Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - New York (State) - Fiction Families of military personnel - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.) - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (State) - Ethnic relations

Summary: Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.

My life as an ice cream sandwich by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 924582 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 830 F&P: Z

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Imagination - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.

My life as an ice cream sandwich by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu 

Paperback(Puffin, 2020)

BTSB #: 924584 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG Lexile: 830

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Imagination - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.

One-handed catch by Auch, Mary Jane 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00405 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Sports

Subjects: Amputees - Fiction Self-reliance - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Family - New York (State) - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.