manhattan (new york, n.y.)

Lucas Turner and his sister, Sally, arrive in New York in 1661 hoping to make a fresh start in the rough Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam, but they find it is harder to adjust to their new life than they thought it would be.

Chase Insteadman, a former child star who supports his active Manhattan social life with residual income from a sitcom on which he worked whose scientist-astronaut fianc? is stuck in space, is befriended by a marijuana-smoking pop critic who enlists Chase's help in unearthing the answers to several questions he has about truth and reality.

After the death of Elizabeth Holland, all of New York speculates about her unfortunate demise and wonders what role her mischievous sister, Diana, and notorious cad Henry Schoonmaker played in the events leading up to her death.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, several families in New York remain stunned by the antics of mischievous socialites, including Henry, Penelope, and Lina.

Cormac O'Connor, an Irishman who has come to New York in 1740 to avenge the deaths of his parents, is given the gift of immortality after helping an African shaman, on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan, and goes on to become involved in many of the historical events of the city, while pursing a blood enemy throughout the ages.

Simple text and colorful illustrations describe how Manhattan went from being a remote island to a city full of buildings and people.

Eleven-year-old superhero Max Silver must save Manhattan from two villains.