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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors Holly Littlefield,Amanda Doering Tourville Two immigrant friends, Jewish Minnie and Catholic Tessa, work long hours at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and when a fire breaks out on March 25, 1911, trapping dozens of workers insid… OL15537876W
Little Lion Little Lion Ann Hood Now that the twins have begun to settle into their new lives at Elm Medona, they delve deeper into The Treasure Chest and uncover more about the Pickworth family, including the disappearance of their… OL15936003W
Wonderstruck Wonderstruck Brian Selznick Expanding upon the genre-breaking form he invented in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick creates another awe-inspiring and multi-layered reading experience. Wo… OL15936008W
Born of illusion Born of illusion Teri J. Brown "Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actual… OL17862711W
Lightning's run Lightning's run Gabriel Goodman Bullied relentlessly, Hiram Goldfarb, a Jewish immigrant in nineteenth-century New York City, learns bareknuckle fighting from a former slave wanted for a heinous crime in the South. OL17871462W
The book for my homework The book for my homework Carla Stevens I need to use this book for homework OL1909673W
These Shallow Graves These Shallow Graves Jennifer Donnelly,Kim Bubbs Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon like all the girls in her class she ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dream… OL19356528W
Days like this Days like this J. Torres,Scott Chantler In the early 1960s, Anna Solomon, recently divorced from a music mogul, decides to start her own record label. The first act she signs is Tina & the Tiaras. Add one talented song writer named Karen S… OL19923625W
Rebel Mechanics (Rebel Mechanics #1) Rebel Mechanics (Rebel Mechanics #1) Shanna Swendson *All is Fair in Love and Revolution* An alternative U.S. history where the British control with magic, and the colonists rebel by inventing. It’s 1888, and sixteen-year-old Verity Newton lands … OL20007194W
Rumors (Luxe Series, Book 2) Rumors (Luxe Series, Book 2) Anna Godbersen After bidding good-bye to New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise. All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister,… OL278586W
Blackwell's Island Blackwell's Island Serena Graff In 1914, eleven-year-old Alex and his nine-year-old sister, Anna, are taken from New York City's Lower East Side to Blackwell's Island, where there are lunatics, prisoners, evil caretakers, ghouls, a… OL5708801W
Klepto Klepto Jenny Pollack Julie Braverman is the coolest person Julie Prodsky has ever met. During their freshman year at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, the previously unexplored world of flirting, freed… OL5824940W
Catch a tiger by the toe Catch a tiger by the toe Ellen Levine In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the s… OL695985W