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c2012., Lee & Low Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. Includes author's note and glossary"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: REALISTIC F CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago.
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c2008., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: Sports FIC SMITH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: High school freshman Ryan Walsh, a Chicago Cubs fan, meets Nick when they both skip school on opening day, and their blossoming relationship becomes difficult for Ryan when she discovers that Nick is seriously ill and she again feels thepain of losing her father five years earlier.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
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[2010], c2009., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
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2019., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: REALISTIC F MIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sophie has always loved living in Acadia, Illinois. So, when August moves next door and can't stand small-town life, Sophie is determined to change his mind.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Fic Rhodes Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
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2018., Pre-adolescent, LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Call No: REALISTIC F RHO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
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2013., Scholastic Press Call No: FIC BAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
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-- I barfed on Missus Kenlyc2010., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: ER HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Cleo has a bout of carsickness on her way to a birthday swimming party, she is terribly embarrassed but her friend's mother helps her to forget the incident by encouraging Cleo to show off her talent for diving.
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-- Great Chicago Fire, 18712015., Primary, Scholastic Inc Call No: FIC TAR Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: I survivedSummary Note: Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode. An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating fires in history?.
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-- Great Chicago Fire, 1871[2015]., Adult, Scholastic Inc Call No: FIC TAR Genre: Historical fiction Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: I survivedSummary Note: In this book of the I SURVIVED series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
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c1998., Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC PEC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
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[2017], Adolescent, Blink Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her best friend Lydia disappears, Piper Sail goes searching for answers in the dark underbelly of 1924 Chicago, uncovering deep corruption that may lead back to her affluent neighborhood.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Soho Teen Call No: TEEN FIC AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Soho Teen Call No: Class Set FIC AHM Availability:34 of 34 At Location(s) Summary Note: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
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-- Love, hate and other filters[2018], Adolescent, Soho Teen Call No: REALISTIC F AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Disney-Hyperion Call No: SUPERNATURAL F HEI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Forced to help in her parents' cadaver lab for the summer, Fovea Munson, twelve, discovers three talking heads in need of a favor.
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2010., Henry Holt and Co Call No: HISTORICAL F BRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1966 Illinois, twelve-year-old Wilhelmina, convinced that she, her parents, and sisters are Abraham Lincoln's family reincarnated, determines to keep them from suffering the same fates, which is complicated when she and her father become involved in the civil rights movement.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown Call No: FIC SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Honoria, Shohei, and Elias, who are "united together against That Which Is The Peshtigo School," face conflict over their budding romantic interest and a science project gone awry.