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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Michelle M. Houle

Discusses the 1911 fire that killed 146 New York garment factory workers, the conditions that led up to it, and some of the legislation that came about to prevent the occurrence of similar disasters.

Call Me Maria

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fifteen-year-old Maria leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised.

Speeding Bullet

Neal Shusterman

After becoming famous and getting the attention of the daughter of a wealthy New York City developer following his rescue of a little girl from a speeding subway train, Nick looks for other people to

Downsiders

Neal Shusterman

When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to

I Am the Central Park Jogger

Trisha Meili

The center of the 1989 case recounts the discovery of her badly injured body, her treatment and rehabilitation, the trials of the suspects, and her subsequent experiences.

On the Street Where You Live

Mary Higgins Clark

Feeling a need for stability after her divorce and pursuit by a stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts a job with a Manhattan law firm and buys the former family house in New Jersey.

Loves Music, Loves to Dance

Mary Higgins Clark

A killer enacts a bizarre dance of death, drawing his victims from among the women who answer his personal ads in New York's trendy weekly magazines.

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

Mary Higgins Clark

Sterling Brooks, who lived an unremarkable, self-centered life, is sent by the Heavenly Council back to Earth to help a lonely young girl and prove his worth.

Fat Kid Rules the World

Kelly Going

Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, gets a new perspective on life when Curt, a semi-homeless teen who is a genius on guitar, asks Troy to be the dr

Behind You

Jacqueline Woodson

After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by police, the people who love him struggle to cope with their loss as they recall his life and death, unaware that 'Miah is watching over them.

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