books, videos, websites

California

River's End

Nora Roberts

FIC
ROB

"k" Is for Killer

Sue Grafton

Fic
Gra

Rats in the Trees

Jess Mowry

Arriving in Oakland with his skateboard and dreams of living by the ocean, thirteen-year-old Robby befriends the Animals, a street gang whose culture is based on skateboards, beer, rap slang, and dang

Fic
Mow

The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

The story of a boy, his sorrel colt, and their lives on a ranch in California.

FIC
STE

The Pacific

Thomas G. Aylesworth

Discusses the geographical, historical and cultural aspects of California and Hawaii.

979.4
AYE

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

Ronald Koertge

Worried that his mother will send his beloved grandfather to a nursing home "for his own good," Jesse and some of his eighth-grade classmates accompany Pappy into the mountains near their small Califo

FIC
KOE

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

A woman crippled by the pain of others becomes a prophet for a new faith in a distant world.

FIC
BUT

"j" Is for Judgement

Sue Grafton

FIC
GRA

Much Ado About Prom Night

William D. McCants

Political uproar about a peer counseling program in a southern California high school keeps two star-crossed antagonists at odds before the upcoming prom.

FIC
MCC

"k" Is for Killer

Sue Grafton

Janice Kepler is a grieving mother who can't let the death of her beautiful daughter Lorna alone. The police agree that Lorna was murdered but a suspect was never apprehended.

FIC
GRA
Syndicate content