bronx (new york, n.y.)

A novel about a Puerto Rican woman brought up in the South Bronx and her struggles to break the cycle of poverty and oppression which has plagued her family for generations.

While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.

Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.

The true story of Milton Daub, who during the blizzard of 1888 fashioned snowshoes and ventured out to buy milk for his family, and ended up obtaining much-needed supplies for neighbors as well.

The author describes the life of her Jewish family and her memories of her father in the Clason Point neighborhood of the Bronx, particularly during the difficult days of the Depression.

When Fidel Castro's government takes over their restaurant in 1960, six-year-old Gabriella and her parents move from Cuba to New York City.

After graduating from his fifth grade class in the Bronx, Enoch looks forward to spending time with his best friend Spence, but must instead cope with grief, gang violence, and the arrival from Puerto Rico of his half-brother Miguel.