Locality/New York
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Brothers of the Knight
$8.99 Add to cartDebbie Allen’s contemporary retelling of the classic tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with illustrations from Kadir Nelson!
Reverend Knight can’t understand why his twelve sons’ sneakers are torn t- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Allen, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 31 2001
- ISBN10: 0142300160
- Language: English
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Can’t Get There from Here
$12.99 Read more“A powerful and disturbing look at the downward spiral of despair that remains too common for too many teens (School Library Journal).”
Her street name is Maybe. She lives with a tribe of homeless tee- Author: Strasser, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1442433574
- Language: English
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
$20.00 Add to cartThe basis of Martin Scorcese’s acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city’s dark past.
Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys o
- Author: Asbury, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0307388980
- Language: English
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Banana Fish, Vol. 5
$11.99 Add to cartNature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!
VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s… Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted hei- Series: Banana Fish #3
- Author: Yoshida, Akimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 14 2004
- ISBN10: 1591164176
- Language: English
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New York: An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)
$75.00 Read moreAn expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York–with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations–that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city fro… [more below]
- Author: Burns, Ric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 059353414X
- Language: English
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Invisible Inkling
$6.99 Read moreFrom award-winning author Emily Jenkins and New York Times bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss comes the first book in a sweet, quirky chapter book series about a boy and his invisible friend, Inkling
- Series: Invisible Inkling #1
- Author: Jenkins, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0061802220
- Language: English
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In Five Years
$21.99 Add to cartWhere do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this interview question, she has a meticulously crafted answer for it. Later, a newly engaged Dannie goes to
- Author: Serle, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 409
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885785372
- Language: English
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
$40.00 Add to cartThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1451683235
- Language: English
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several youngers siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583868
- Language: English
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Lily’s New Home (Confetti Kids #1): (Dive Into Reading)
$10.95 Read moreIn this early chapter book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Lily and her parents move from their suburban neighborhood to New York City and Lily must adapt to her new life.
Lily and her parents mov
- Series: Confetti Kids
- Author: Yoo, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1620142589
- Language: English
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After Tupac & D Foster
$18.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend’s lives, the world opens up for them. D come
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0399246541
- Language: English
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Hiromi’s Hands
$12.95 Read moreAsian/Pacific American Award for Literature – Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
The true story of Hiromi Suzuki, a Japanese American girl who defied tradition to train at her family
- Author: Barasch, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1620142511
- Language: English
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The Tapper Twins Run for President
$13.99 Read moreIn their third uproarious oral history, the Tapper Twins take their sibling feud to the political stage as they race to become class president
Told as a series of interviews, screenshots, text mess- Series: Tapper Twins #3
- Author: Rodkey, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0316297852
- Language: English
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The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse
$20.99 Read more“An insightful, dramatic and emotional tale that deserves a place alongside Dennis Smith’s classic firefighting memoir, Report from Engine Co. 82.” -Terry Golway, New York Post
Brooklyn’s Rescue 2 ha- Author: Downey, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805078444
- Language: English
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Strength in What Remains
$18.00 Read moreNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder
Los Angeles Times – San Francisco Chronicle –Chicago Tribune – The Christian Science Monitor – Publishers Weekly- Series: Random House Reader’s Circle
- Author: Kidder, Tracy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0812977610
- Language: English
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Overground Railroad
$18.99 Read moreA window into a child’s experience of the Great Migration from the award-winning creators of Before She Was Harriet and Finding Langston.
Climbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth E- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0823438732
- Language: English
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Lily’s New Home (Confetti Kids #1): (Dive Into Reading)
$14.95 Read moreIn this early chapter book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Lily and her parents move from their suburban neighborhood to New York City and Lily must adapt to her new life.
Lily and her parents mov
- Series: Confetti Kids
- Author: Yoo, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 2016
- ISBN10: 162014249X
- Language: English
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Follow That Map! (Confetti Kids #7): (Dive Into Reading)
$14.95 Read moreIn this early chapter book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Pablo is excited to help his friends find the best route to Coney Island by using different transportation maps.
Five friends from divers
- Series: Confetti Kids
- Author: Tan, Sheri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1620145693
- Language: English
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Resistance: My Story of Activism
$16.95 Read moreBorn in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, Frantzy became the founding president
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Luzincourt, Frantzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1324016698
- Language: English
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Where You’ve Got to Be
$16.99 Read more“Heartfelt, honest, and beautifully told–Nolie’s NYC story is a must-read. Bonus points for an absolutely amazing grandma character!”–Lisa Greenwald, author of The Friendship List and TBH series
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- Author: Gertler, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0063027054
- Language: English
