Alchemyst by Scott, Michael 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01497 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Dee, John,|d1527-1608 - Fiction Flamel, Nicolas,|dd. 1418 - Fiction Magic - Fiction Alchemists - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

Book Scavenger [Book Scavenger Volume: bk. 1]by Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2015)

BTSB #: 116760 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 810 F&P: W

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Treasure hunt (Game) - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Adventure fiction Publishers and publishing - Fiction Moving - Fiction Mystery fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: In the first Book Scavenger mystery, just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.

Book Scavenger by Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03425 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Treasure hunt (Game) - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Adventure fiction Publishers and publishing - Fiction Moving - Fiction Mystery fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.

Dragon warrior by Zhao, Katie 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 980185 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Adventure fiction Demonology - Fiction Dragons - Fiction Chinese gods - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Jade Society member Faryn Liu may be destined to command the Jade Emperor's army of demon-fighting dragons, but first she must complete a daring quest across San Francisco's Chinatown before the Lunar New Year.

Earthquake in the early morning by Osborne, Mary Pope 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03324 Available

Dewey: FAges: 5-8   


Genres: Science Fiction Historical Fiction

Subjects: Earthquakes - California - San Francisco - Fiction Time travel - Fiction Magic - Fiction Tree houses - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco, in time to experience a big earthquake.

Emerald tablet [Five elements Volume: 1]by Jolley, Dan 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2016)

BTSB #: 754967 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 4.7 3-5

Genres: Adventure Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Space and time - Fiction Adventure fiction Mythical animals - Fiction Fantasy fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: [1st in the series] Before moving away, Gabe and his three friends look for one last adventure in San Francisco and unknowingly set off events that places them as the only barrier between this world and another one full of nightmarish creatures that want to destroy their city.

Escape to California by Brown, Jeff 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02597 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California - Fiction Vacations - California - San Francisco - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: The Lambchops are on a family vacation to San Francisco, California. But when Stanley saves a girl from barreling down one of San Francisco's famously steep hills, he's shocked to find that she's actually been looking for him. The girl, Lily, is trying to perform an amazing trick that no one has done before, escape from Alcatraz prison, and she needs Stanley's help! Can the famous flat boy help with this tricky stunt?

Little brother by Doctorow, Cory 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01142 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bDept. of Homeland Security - Fiction Counterculture - Fiction Computer hackers - Fiction Civil rights - Fiction Terrorism - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Lucy variations by Zarr, Sara 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02141 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Pianists - Fiction Ability - Fiction Family life - California - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Self-realization - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.

Mystery in San Francisco [Boxcar children mysteries Volume: #57]by Warner, Gertrude Chandler 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 1997)

BTSB #: 921061 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-12   
AR: 3.2 LG RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: 440 F&P: O

Genres: Mystery Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Mystery fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.

New Year dragon dilemma [A to Z mysteries. Super edition Volume: #5]by Roy, Ron 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2011)

BTSB #: 769329 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.8 LG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 550 F&P: N

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Mystery fiction Thieves - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: #5--The kids' tour guide in San Francisco is accused of stealing Miss Chinatown's valuable crown.

Unbreakable code by Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2017)

BTSB #: P03738 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Mystery Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Twain, Mark,|d1835-1910 - Fiction Treasure hunt (Game) - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Adventure fiction Publishers and publishing - Fiction Arson - Fiction Mystery fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Could the Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger contain clues about the string of recent arson fires plaguing the city? And will Emily and James uncover the mystery before the arsonist comes after them?

World's greatest chocolate-covered pork chops by Sager, Ryan K. 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2017)

BTSB #: 774561 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Adventure Fiction Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Cooking - Fiction Business enterprises - Fiction Trolley cars - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Follow the adventures of plucky twelve-year-old Zoey Kate as she opens up a restaurant inside a San Francisco trolley car.