Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Alphabet City ballet Alphabet City ballet Erika Tamar Living in a poor Puerto Rican family complicates life for ten-year-old Marisol when she realizes that pursuing her love for ballet may expose her brother to danger. OL3232397W
Amanda's story Amanda's story Erika Tamar While living in Cape Light during the years 1904 to 1906, thirteen-year-old Amanda struggles to obey her widowed father's orders not to see the boy she loves, despite her angry resentment of her pare… OL3232398W
Donnatalee Donnatalee Erika Tamar Kate, a girl living in New York City, takes the subway to the beach, where she imagines being a mermaid, swimming with the fishes, and becoming queen of the sea. OL3232400W
The garden of happiness The garden of happiness Erika Tamar Marisol and her neighbors turn a vacant New York City lot into a lush community garden. OL3232402W
Katherine's story Katherine's story Erika Tamar In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship. OL3232404W
Rose's story Rose's story Erika Tamar In 1906, mortified by her mother's suffragist activities that cause the family to move from New York City to Cape Light, fourteen-year-old Rose sees no value in her mother's feminist views until she … OL3232410W
The things I did last summer The things I did last summer Erika Tamar A summer romance with an older woman gives seventeen-year-old Andy a hard lesson about physical love, spiritual love, and their consequences. OL3232411W
Soccer mania! Soccer mania! Erika Tamar Nine-year-old Pete and his friends, who enjoy playing pick-up soccer, get registered as an official team and discover the negative aspects of competition. OL3232419W