pittsburgh (pa.)

Homicide Department head Artie Dolan and officer Colleen Greer assist the narcotics police with an investigation into a young boy's suspicious overdose death and find links between the case and the abandonment of four precocious kids.

Michael Chabon chronicles the experiences he had during his first postgraduation summer.

When her aunt suffers a ministroke, Lina Delgado is sent to Pittsburgh to live with her Aunt Pat and her seven kids. Despite Linda's penchant for cooking, Aunt Pat refuses to let her in the kitchen, which drives Linda crazy until she manages to pick up a cooking project at school. When her jealous cousin joins her group, however, Linda has to decide how to handle the situation.

When Mark discovers money and a note concealed in the pages of a copy of Dickens' "Great Expectations," he undertakes a quest with his classmate Zeena that leads to more money, more clues to follow, and ultimately more knowledge of himself.

When Mark discovers money and a note concealed in the pages of a copy of Dickens' "Great Expectations, " he undertakes a quest with his classmate Zeena that leads to more money, more clues to follow, and ultimately more knowledge of himself.

In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.

Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

An autobiography describing the author's childhood and life in Pittsburgh during the fifties.

Just after moving into their grandmother's house in Pittsburgh, the five Smith children must uncover a long-standing scam to steal the houses of old people before Grandma Smith loses her home.

In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.