Fiction and Literature

Title Format Length Call Number
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A collection of three Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures Audio Cassette   FIC DOY
Affair of the Pink Pearl and Finessing the King -   Audio Cassette   FIC CHR
Black Beauty - Story of a girl and a horse, published in 1877, to publicize the ill-treatment of horses. Audio Cassette   FIC SEW
Black Cat - the horror classic of a murder VHS 66 min. FIC POE
Call of the Wild - Adventure story about the wild Alaskan frontier and a dog named Buck Audio Cassette 120 min. FIC LON
Charly - Adaption of Flowers for Algernon.   VHS 104 min. FIC KEY
Christmas Carol - The story of Scrooge, and how three ghosts help him become a generous man. VHS 120 min. FIC DIC
Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe - In a strange castle, four children open the door of an old wardrobe and find themselves transported to Narnia.  VHS 174 min. FIC LEW
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism VHS  174 mn. FIC LEW
Chronicles of Narnia: the Silver Chair - Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch. VHS 174 min. FIC LEW
Death by Drowning Audio Cassette   FIC CHR
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler - Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself. VHS 92min FIC KON
Halloween's Greatest Stories - Premature Burial, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Telltale Heart, Warlock's Ride, Scary Places Audio Cassette   FIC POE
Homeward Bound - A cat and two dogs find their way across country to their home. VHS 84 min. FIC BUR
Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and the threats sent to Sir Henry. Audio Cassette 86 min. FIC DOY
Incredible Theft - One of Agatha Christie's short stories Audio Cassette 30 min. FIC CHR
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind. VHS 93 min. FIC ODE
Jane Eyre - In early nineteenth-century England, a young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Audio Cassette 180 min FIC BRO
Journey to the Center of the Earth - With Hans, their faithful companion and guide , the professor and Axel descend into the crater of a volcano. But what mysteries await them deep beneath the ground and will they ever see the light of day again? VHS 129 min. FIC VER
Kidnapped - After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, 16-year-0od David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule. Audio Cassette 120 min. FIC STE
Light in the Attic - A collection of humorous poems. Audio Cassette   811 SIL
My Side of the Mountain - A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship. VHS 100 min. FIC GEO
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Contains eighteen stories by a variety of authors written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Audio Cassette   FIC DOY
The Outsiders - The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. VHS 91 min. FIC HIN
The Pit and the Pendulum - Judged guilty by the Inquisition, a condemned man is slowly tortured. Audio Cassette 54 min. FIC POE
The Ransom of Red Chief - Two men kidnap a mischievous boy and request a large ransom for his return. Audio Cassette 35 min. FIC HEN
Shane - A stranger rides into a small Western town in 1889 and creates a lasting impact on its inhabitants, especially on young Bob Starrett and his family. VHS 118 min. FIC SHA
Sign of Four - Sherlock Holmes is asked to investigate a series of strange happenings that seem to be related to the disappearance of a man ten years earlier who had come to visit his daughter in London after a long sojourn in India. Audio Casssette 120 min. FIC DOY
Summer of the Monkeys - In the 1800s, a twelve-year-old boy spends the summer trying to capture four runaway circus monkeys. VHS 101 min. FIC RAW
Tales of Horror - Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, and the Black Cat. Audio Cassette 120 min. FIC POE
Tell Tale Heart - The murder of an old man is revealed by the continuing beating of his heart. VHS 30 min. FIC POE
10 Classics in 10 Minutes  Audio Cassette 10 min. 800 CLA
To Build a Fire - A tenderfoot attempts to hike through the Yukon snows with his dog in order to reach a mining claim. Audio Cassette 50 min. FIC LON
Treasure Island - While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger Audio Cassette 120 min. FIC STE
Tuck Everlasting - The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. VHS 90 min. FIC BAB
War of the Worlds - An intellectually-superior race from Mars invades the Earth with plans to enslave human beings. VHS & Audio Cassette 85 min. FIC WEL
Where the Red Fern Grows - A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters. VHS  90 min. FIC RAW
Where the Sidewalk Ends - A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry and read by Silverstein. Audio Cassette   811 SIL
White Fang - A young man tries to fulfill his father's wish to find gold in the treacherous Yukon Valley of Alaska. Along the way he befriends a veteran gold miner and a magnificent wolf-dog named White Fang. VHS 109 min. FIC LON

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updated 10/16/07