Breaker boy by Harlow, Joan Hiatt 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 419844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction

Subjects: Coal mines and mining - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Physicians - Fiction Phobias - Fiction Rescues - Fiction Polish Americans - Fiction JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1911 Pennsylvania, Corey, eleven, works in coal mines to help support his family, but when an accident triggers a phobia, he must turn to a strange recluse for help.

Echo by Ryan, Pam Munoz 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02916 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Harmonicas - Fiction Music - Fiction Fate and fatalism - Fiction Family life - Fiction Germany - History|y1933-1945 - Fiction Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.

Ghosts come rising by Perry, Adam 

BTSB Prebound(Yellow Jacket, 2022)

BTSB #: 710214 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Supernatural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Ghosts - Fiction Photography - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Swindlers and swindling - Fiction Spiritualism - Fiction Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After their parents' deaths, siblings Liza and John Carroll are placed in the care of their uncle, a traveling con artist who scams the grieving with fraudulent spirit photographs, until they arrive at a Spiritualist commune where the barrier between the living and the dead is very thin.

Miracles on Maple Hill by Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2007)

BTSB #: P00113 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Moving - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Country life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their bond with each other.

Wolf Hollow : a novel by Wolk, Lauren 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Pess, 2020)

BTSB #: 961527 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Large print books Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran. Large print hardcover format.

Wolf Hollow : a novel by Wolk, Lauren 

Paperback(Dutton Children's Books, 2016)

BTSB #: 961552 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Family life - Pennsylvania - Fiction Pennsylvania - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran.