Canary in the coal mine by Rosenberg, Madelyn 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2013)

BTSB #: 764685 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680

Genres: Historical Fiction Animals

Subjects: Coal mines and mining - Fiction Canaries - Fiction Working animals - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Political activists - Fiction Animals - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: Tired of his twelve-hour shifts and facing danger daily, Bitty, a canary whose courage more than makes up for his small size, treks to the state capital to try to improve working conditions in coal mines.

Close to famous by Bauer, Joan 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2011)

BTSB #: 097132 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.6 MG RC: 3.2 6-8 Lexile: 540 F&P: T

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Baking - Fiction Cupcakes - Fiction Country life - Fiction Literacy - Fiction Single-parent families - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: Foster McFee, 12, and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life.

Free verse by Dooley, Sarah 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2016)

BTSB #: 286904 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Families - Fiction Foster home care - Fiction Poetry - Fiction Grief - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: After her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left and nowhere to turn, but soon discovers family she didn't know she had, and begins to heal through poetry.

Let me fix you a plate : a tale of two kitchens by Lilly, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 573821 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 710 AD F&P: O

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Grandparents - Fiction Vacations - Fiction Family life - West Virginia - Fiction Family life - Florida - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction Florida - Fiction

Summary: A girl and her family go on a road trip to have meals with their extended family from two different cultures.

Missing May by Rylant, Cynthia 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2018)

BTSB #: 774070 Available

Dewey: FAges: 11-16   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 6.7 6-8 Lexile: 980 F&P: W

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Death - Fiction Joy and sorrow - Fiction Aunts - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.

Saving Shiloh [Shiloh quartet]by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books For Young Readers, 1997)

BTSB #: 668696 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 1020

Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Family life - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.

Shiloh by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 

Paperback(Aladdin, 2000)

BTSB #: 668683 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Animal abuse - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs.

Shiloh [Shiloh quartet]by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1991)

BTSB #: 668697 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: R

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Animal abuse - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs.