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Author
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins, and by doing so, forms familial bonds and new friendships that challenge her feelings of abandonment by her mother.
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school, you lose the town. But the mystery that has Ted's full attention at the moment is about that face, the face he sees in the upper window...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her younger brother, Tyler, commits suicide, Lex struggles to work through her grief in the face of a family that has fallen apart, the sudden distance between her and her friends, and memories of Tyler that still feel all too real.
Author
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A thunderous sound echoed through the stormy Nebraska countryside. The hair on the backs of their necks stood up. But it wasn't lightning. For twins Kent and Kyle Morris, there was only one creature who could make such a loud noise--it was Scarface! When they set out on an adventure to discover the secrets of the huge thunder chicken and finally bag him, another surprising opportunity arose that could change the fortunes of their family forever....
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grace Lafferty, an eighteen-year-old wing-walker, thrills crowds with barrel rolls and loop-the-loops in hopes of making enough money to get to the 1922 World Aviation Expo" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
552 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1927. The Diviners are in for the fight of their lives against the King of Crows and his Army of the Dead. With Sam missing, Evie in mourning, Theta's power growing unstable, and Memphis and Isaiah hunted by the Shadow Men, their only hope lies in Bountiful, Nebraska. A girl there may be able to shift the balance of power--but the Diviners must make it there in time.
10) Elsie's bird
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
AD 890L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
11) A necessary evil
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the sequel to "A Perfect Evil," Maggie O'Dell is shocked by Father Keller's audacious proposition: he will help her catch a serial killer in exchange for her protection. She reasons that the deal is a necessary evil to put a killer away for good.
13) Dangerous lies
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Xlibris
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lily and Josie are two young sisters who live in Nebraska. Even with their families and companions, they are best friends. One day, their mother announced that they were going to visit grandma and grandpa. Papa had been in the hospital for many months and was finally home, but he wasn't doing too well. The girls wanted to cheer him up, so Lily and Josie had a plan" -- Page [4] cover.
15) Mazie
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mazie Butterfield leaves her family and boyfriend behind in small-town Nebraska to find fame on 1950s Broadway, but when her big break comes it means going back to the Corn Belt and facing her past.
Nebraska, 1959. Mazie has dreamed of being on Broadway since she could walk. When her grandmother dies and leaves her a letter and enough money for a six-week stay in New York City, Mazie jumps at the chance to follow her dream. New...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First US Edition.
Lexile measure
NC 870L
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of Robert and Margarete and their children Johannes and Dorothea, who emigrate from Germany to the United States in 1850.
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
142 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ethan Cooper has managed to keep his family together for a year in a Pennsylvania orphanage. Now he and his siblings are boarding a train headed west. He can't help but worry: Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska have agreed to adopt all four Cooper children, but what if they change their minds?
In the meantime, Ethan and his siblings encounter their first dust storm, explore train cars, and watch friend after friend leave with new parents....