Crows & cards : a novel by Helgerson, Joseph 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00755 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Apprentices - Fiction Gambling - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction St. Louis (Mo.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casting his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path.

Year we sailed the sun by Nelson, Theresa 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 670656 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 7.3 6-8 Lexile: 940

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Orphanages - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Nuns - Fiction Behavior - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Gangsters - Fiction St. Louis (Mo.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.