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1) Jo's boys
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Better known for her novels Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott continued the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jo's Boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end. Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, the New...
2) Little women
Author
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832?1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters?Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March?detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Little Women was an immediate commercial and...
3) Little men
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the unusual school at Plumfield, Jo March now Mrs Jo Bhaer couldn't be happier. But the boys have a habit of getting into scrapes, and their mischievous antics call for the warm and affectionate support of the whole March family to help avoid disaster.
5) Blizzard
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience with the record-breaking 1978 New England blizzard.
9) Safekeeping
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Radley returns to the United States after volunteering abroad, she comes back to a country under military rule with strict travel restrictions, and she must find her way back to her Vermont home through the New England woods.
10) Deephaven
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Guinevere "Nev" Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe, students whisper secrets in dark corridors, and the entire east wing of the academy is locked away for reasons no one wants to explain. And Nev knows something ragged stalks the shadowy corridors, something...
Author
Series
Girls of Lighthouse Lane volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
165 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship.
12) Little women
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Aladdin paperback ed.
Physical Desc
170 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank and Joe investigate suspicious accidents at the Willis Firth Academy, a boarding school in New England, trying to determine who may be working to get rid of the headmaster and injure some of the students.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In one of the most elite private high schools in the nation, Quinn, Charlotte and Max question everything they thought they knew about themselves and the school when Quinn's sexual assault becomes public, implicating one of the top-tier athletes on campus.
Author
Series
Main Street volume 5
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Someone is leaving books on their doorsteps. Each comes with a mysterious message asking them to read the book and do something new. The four friends now have a secret girls -only book club. Who's sending these packages? And what will the next book be? The girls can't wait to find out.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Mary misses her life and friends in Ireland and is sad that her family cannot celebrate Thanksgiving Day the way their New England neighbors do, until her parents share a story of the Pilgrims' first harvest festival.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
During one year, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, aged nine to thirteen, get to know their neighbors the Lawrences, attend school dances and sleepovers, have first crushes, and grow closer despite their differences.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Revised Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, music ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A traditional folk song which tells of the exciting chase that ensues when Mr. Fox raids the farm in order to feed his family.
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As a child, Valentine saw her mother murder the wealthiest man in their Connecticut town and then hang at the gallows. Neglected by her father, she's learned to fend for herself, living in a crumbling estate that feels haunted by the past. Now a top student at Drake Academy, she's determined to prove herself and overcome her mother's crime. But like all small towns, Feavers Crossing has a stiflingly long memory, and when a new string of murders occurs,...