Book Sets Held by All Regional Library Systems

Listed below are all the book sets held by all 6 of the Nebraska Regional Library Systems.

  • ELS – Eastern Library System
  • MLS – Meridian Library System
  • NELS – Northeast Library System
  • PLS – Panhandle Library System
  • RVLS – Republican Valley Library System
  • SELS – Southeast Library System

If you find a book set you would like to borrow, please contact the system that owns that book set.  Contact information is provided at the end of the book list.

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A

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie – ELS (10 copies) & SELS (10 copies)
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson – SELS (10 copies)
  • Amazing Tales of the Old West by Jeff O’Donnell – PLS (17 copies)
  • Anna’s Blizzard by Allison Hart – NELS (20 copies)
  • As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway – ELS

 

B

  • A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence – NELS (24 copies)
  • Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt – MLS (20 copies)
  • Black Juice by Margo Lanagan – SELS (15 copies)
  • Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya – NELS (12 copies)
  • Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits – SELS (15 copies)
  • The Book Thief by Marcus Zusack – RVLS (23 copies + 1 CD), NELS (20 copies), MLS (20 copies), SELS (24 copies), PLS & ELS
  • Braided Lives: an anthology of multicultural American writings – PLS
  • Breaking Point by Alex Flinn – ELS
  • The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson – MLS (14 copies)
C
  • The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz – MLS (16 copies)
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – ELS
  • Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson – MLS (15 copies)
  • City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – RVLS (20 copies + 1 CD) & ELS
  • Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper – SELS (15 copies)
  • Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata – RVLS (20 copies)
  • Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz – NELS (30 copies), RVLS (18 copies), SELS (11 copies) & PLS (19 copies)
  • Crispin by Avi – PLS
  • Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs – ELS, NELS (20 copies)
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon – ELS
D
  • Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris – NELS (5 copies)
  • Deadline by Chris Crutcher – NELS (18 copies)
  • Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede – MLS (20 copies)
  • Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney – NELS (15 copies)
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth – NELS (12 copies)
  • Downsiders by Neal Shusterman – ELS
  • Dread Locks: Dark Fusion #1 by Neal Shusterman – ELS
  • Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordon Sonnenblick – ELS
E
  • Eagle Blue by Michael D’orso – RVLS (20 copies)
  • Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer – ELS (20 copies)
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery – NELS (8 copies)
  • Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis – RVLS (20 copies + 1 CD) & NELS (20 copies)
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine – MLS (15 Copies)
  • Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman – RVLS (20 copies)
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan – RVLS (20 copies + 1 CD) & PLS
  • Everlost by Neal Shusterman – ELS, MLS (15 copies), RVLS (15 copies)
  • Exoduster: Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction by Neil Irvin Painter – PLS
F
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – NELS (25 copies)
  • The Falconer’s Knot by Mary Hoffman – NELS (20 copies)
  • Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson – NELS (20 copies)
  • Fools Crow by James Welch – PLS (7 copies)
  • Friends at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney – PLS
  • Frindle by Andrew Clements – PLS
  • Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman – ELS, MLS (15 copies), SELS (15 copies) & NELS (15 copies)
G
  • A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer – ELS
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry – PLS
  • Going Bovine by Libba Bray – ELS
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – PLS
  • Graceling by Kristin Cashore – 20 copies – ELS
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – NELS (12 copies)
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – ELS
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – SELS (9 copies)
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – NELS (7 copies)
  • The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages – PLS, ELS, NELS (15 copies), RVLS (14 copies), MLS (10 copies) & SELS (14 copies)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer – MLS (10 copies)
H
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – MLS (20 copies)
  • Hate List by Jennifer Brown – ELS
  • Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson – RVLS (19 copies + 1 CD)
  • Heat by Mike Lupica – SELS (15 copies + 1 CD), RVLS (20 copies) & PLS
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett – NELS (12 copies)
  • Holes by Louis Sachar – RVLS (18 copies)
  • The Home Place by Wright Morris – MLS (17 copies), NELS (12 copies), PLS (15 copies), RVLS (11 copies) & SELS (12 copies)
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – ELS, NELS (12 copies), MLS (10 copies)
  • Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez – NELS (16 copies)
  • Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby – SELS (15 copies)
I
  • I Am A Man by Joe Starita – ELS (10 copies), SELS (10 copies), NELS (12 copies), RVLS (10 copies), MLS (10 copies) & PLS
  • I Am Legend by Richard Matheson – ELS
  • I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak – ELS
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou – NELS (8 copies)
  • If I Stay by Gayle Forman – ELS
  • Impossible by Nancy Werlin – SELS (10 copies)
  • In Love and Trouble by Alice Walker – PLS (16 copies)
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – MLS (15 copies)
  • Invisible by Pete Hautman – ELS
J
  • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl – PLS
  • Jazz by Walter Dean Myers – RVLS (21 copies + 1 CD)
  • Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos – MLS (20 copies)
L
  • The Landry News by Andrew Clements – MLS (20 copies)
  • A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich – PLS, MLS (10 copies), NELS (19 copies), RVLS (19 copies) & SELS (19 copies)
  • The Last Newspaper Boy in America by Sue Corbett – MLS (10 copies), NELS (10 copies), ELS (10 copies), PLS (10 copies), RVLS (10 copies) & SELS (10 copies)
  • Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen – NELS (20 copies)
  • Life And Death In Shanghai by Nien Cheng – MLS (9 copies)
  • Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer – ELS & PLS
  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan – ELS & MLS (20 copies)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis – MLS (16 copies)
  • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow – SELS (10 copies)
  • Local Wonders by Ted Kooser – ELS (10 copies), MLS (10 copies), NELS (13 copies), PLS (10 copies), RVLS (18 copies) & SELS (10 copies)
  • Looking for Alaska by John Green – ELS
  • Lost Horizon by James Hilton – PLS
  • Lost in Translation: a life in a new language by Eva Hoffman – NELS (12 copies)
  • Luck by Jean Craighead George – NELS (20 copies)
  • Lush by Natasha Friend – PLS

M

  • Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis – PLS (8 copies)
  • Marley and Me by John Grogan – ELS (20 copies)
  • Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer L Holm – NELS (20 copies)
  • The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman – ELS
  • Morgan’s Run by Colleen McCullough – MLS (10 copies)
  • My Antonia by Willa Cather – MLS (17 copies) & NELS (12 copies + VHS movie)
  • My Daniel by Pam Conrad – MLS (20 copies)
  • My Dog May Be a Genius (poetry) by Jack Prelutsky – RVLS (20 copies)

N

  •  The Names by N. Scott Momaday – NELS (16 copies)
  • Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – MLS (20 copies)
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer – ELS
  • No-No Boys by John Okada – PLS (15 copies)
  • Nobody’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner – SELS (15 copies)

O

  • O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather – RVLS (15 copies)
  • Old Jules by Mari Sandoz – NELS (14 copies)
  • Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene – NELS (15 copies)
  • One False Move by Alex Kava – NELS (10 copies), MLS (20 copies), RVLS (12 copies) & SELS (10 copies)
  • Our White House: Looking In Looking Out by 108 Renowned Authors and Illustrators – SELS (10 copies)

P

  • Peak by Roland Smith – MLS (20 copies)
  • Peeps by Scott Westerfeld – MLS (20 copies)
  • A Perfect Snow by Nora Martin – ELS
  • Perfect by Natasha Friend – PLS
  • Persepolis (graphic novel) by Marjane Satrapi – SELS (15 copies)
  • Petey by Ben Mikaelson – NELS (20 copies) & ELS
  • Pretties by Scott Westerfeld – ELS
  • Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan – SELS (15 copies)
  • Punished by David Lubar – MLS (20 copies)

R

  • Red Cell by John Kalkowski – NELS, ELS, SELS, RVLS, PLS & MLS (15 copies)
  • Red Glass by Laura Resau – NELS (15 copies)
  • Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise – MLS (20 copies)
  • Re-Gifters (graphic novel) by Mike Carey – RVLS (20 copies)
  • Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Michaelsen – MLS (15 copies), RVLS (15 copies), NELS (14 copies), ELS (15 copies), SELS (15 copies) & PLS (15 copies)
  • Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn – NELS (10 copies), MLS (10 copies), RVLS (11 copies), PLS (10 copies) & SELS (10 copies)
  • Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan – NELS (22 copies)
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor – PLS
  • Room One by Andrew Clements – NELS (21 copies)
  • Rules by Cynthia Lord – MLS (20 copies) & RVLS (20 copies)
  • Runner by Carl Deuker – ELS
  • Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix – MLS (10 copies)
  • Rhymes with Witches by Lauren Myracle – ELS
S
  • Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – MLS (10 copies)
  • Saving Cee-Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman– MLS (7 copies)
  • Savvy by Ingrid Law – NELS (12 copies)
  • Say Goodbye by Laurie Halse Anderson – ELS
  • The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman – ELS (20 copies), MLS (12 copies), NELS (15 copies), RVLS (15 copies) & SELS (15 copies)
  • Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan – NELS (20 copies + 1 CD)
  • The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman – PLS
  • Shattering Glass by Gail Giles – ELS & PLS
  • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor – MLS (19 copies)
  • Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies by Roger Welsch – MLS (35 copies)
  • The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher – ELS & SELS (15 copies)
  • Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar – ELS & RVLS (20 copies)
  • So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld – ELS
  • Sojourner Truth by Nell Irvin Painter – NELS (10 copies)
  • Specials by Scott Westerfeld – ELS
  • Spy X Tunnel Vision by Peter Lerangis – ELS
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach – ELS & SELS (15 copies + 1 CD)
  • Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen – RVLS (16 copies)
  • Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman – SELS (10 copies)
  • The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen – MLS (8 copies)
T
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickins – SELS (9 copies)
  • The Taker by J.M. Steele – SELS (15 copies)
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston – NELS (12 copies)
  • Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter – ELS (20 copies)
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – NELS (12 copies)
  • Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan – MLS (20 copies)
  • Tornado! by Betsy Byars – NELS (25 copies)
  • Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen – MLS (20 copies) & RVLS (17 copies)
  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt – MLS (15 copies)
  • Twilight by Stephenie Meyer – ELS
  • Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson – ELS

 

U
  • Uglies by Scott Westerfeld – ELS & SELS (15 copies)
  • Unwind by Neal Shusterman – MLS (16 copies), PLS (20 copies), RVLS (12 copies), SELS (14 copies), ELS (20 copies) & NELS (12 copies)
  • The Usual Mistakes by Erin Flanagan – RVLS (15 copies)

W

  • The Wedding by Dorothy West – PLS (17 copies)
  • The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt – NELS (12 copies)
  • What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell – SELS (10 copies)
  • The White Darkness by Geraldine Mccaughrean – NELS (12 copies)
  • White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp – MLS (20 copies) & RVLS (9 copies)

Y

  • Yellow Flag by Robert Lipsyte – NELS (19 copies)

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To borrow any of the above titles, contact System offices as below:

Eastern Library System (ELS)
Kathy Tooker, Director
E-mail: ktooker@windstream.net
11929 Elm Street, Suite 18
Omaha, NE 68144
PH: 402-330-7884 or 800-627-7884
Assistant: Nancy Meyer

Meridian Library System (MLS)
Sharon Osenga, Director
E-mail: sosenga@frontiernet.net
816 East 25th Street, Suite 7
Kearney, NE 68847
PH: 308-234-2087 or 800-657-2192
Assistant: Delilah Gillming

Northeast Library System (NELS)
Jessica Chamberlain, Director
E-mail: jchamberlain.nels@gmail.com
3038 33rd Avenue, Suite 13
Columbus, NE 68601-2334
PH: 402-564-1586 or 800-578-1014
Assistant: Shelia Cermak

Panhandle Library System (PLS)
115 Railway
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
PH: 308-632-1350 or 888-879-5303
Assistant: Debbie McCall

Republican Valley Library System (RVLS)
Denise Harders, Director
E-mail: rvlsadmin@inebraska.com
2727 West 2nd Street, Suite 233
Hastings, NE 68901
PH: 402-462-1975 or  800-569-4961
Assistant: Kay Kloppenborg

Southeast Library System (SELS)
Brenda Ealey, Director
E-mail: bsealey@windstream.net
5730 R Street, Suite C-1
Lincoln, NE 68505-2309
PH: 402-467-6188 or 800-288-6063
Assistant: Jennifer Barnason

 

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