Interpersonal Relations

One Year in Coal Harbor

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Copies: 7

Primrose Squarp - the invincible heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle - returns for another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbor.

Her parents, once lost at sea, are safe at home, just as she always believed they would be. But now other people and places that Primrose loves are in precarious circumstances. For one thing, Uncle Jack and Miss Bowzer can't - or won't - connect, no matter how hard Primrose tries to move their romance along. There's also the logging of Mendolay Mountain, which threatens the woods Primrose has always known.

Author:

Polly Horvath

Lexile:

880L

Lunch Money

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Copies: 4

Greg Kenton has two obsessions -- making money and his long-standing competition with his annoying neighbor, Maura Shaw. So when Greg discovers that Maura is cutting into his booming Chunky Comics business with her own original illustrated minibooks, he's ready to declare war.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Lexile:

840L

Smoky Night

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Copies: 1

In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter. "Diaz has not been afraid to take risks in illustrating the story with thickly textured paintings against a background of torn-paper and found-object collage. Without becoming cluttered or gimmicky, these pictures manage to capture a calamitous atmosphere that finally calms. . . . Both author and artist have managed to portray a politically charged event without pretense or preaching."-- The Bulletin

Author:

Eve Bunting

Lexile:

360L

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Unabridged)

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Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.

Author:

Zora Neale Hurston

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1080L

Length:

06:44

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Unabridged)

Let's Get Real (2003)

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Examines the problem of name-calling and bullying in schools today. In their own voices, students discuss racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, sexual harassment, and more. The program educates audiences of all ages about why we can no longer accept name-calling and bullying as just a normal part of growing up.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:35