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Tells of the men and women who saved themselves and others in the final minutes before the World Trade Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, and includes testimonies from workers in the buildings, police and fire personnel, a construction manager, and a window washer.

Native American boxer of the Moscondaga Nation, Sonny Bear must fight to retain his heavyweight championship title.

Presents overviews of several aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including its beginnings, fiction, poetry, performing and visual arts, nightlife, and its end, reprinting many primary works of Harlem Renaissance artists and thinkers; profiles fifteen figures from the movement; and includes reference materials including a time line, glossary, and further resource list.

Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life takes a dramatic turn when, in 1903 Brooklyn, his parents turn their apartment into a factory for making teddy bears; and Joseph wonders whether he will ever see the glitter of Coney Island.

When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing New York's official symbols, including its seal, flag, flower, and tree.

Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a D?rer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Details the inspiration for and history of Emma Lazarus' sonnet which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's plaque.