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Path of the pale horse

1992
Lep, an apprentice to a doctor, helps his master take care of yellow fever victims in Philadelphia during the epidemic of 1793.

Salvar a la Campana de la Libertad

2006
Presents the fictionalized story of how Johnny Mickley, an eleven-year-old boy, helped his father to keep the Liberty Bell safe from the British during the Revolutionary War.

Ghetto cowboy

a novel
2013
Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to take him to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.

Extreme danger

2006
Frank and Joe travel to Philadelphia where they intend to prevent an attack on an extreme sports contest called the Big Air Games.

It was a pretty good year

1977
Portrays life in the early 1900's through the adventures of a young boy and his family.

Dangerous Neighbors

2013
Set against the backdrop of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Katherine cannot forgive herself when her beloved twin sister dies, and she feels that her only course of action is to follow suit.

Dead Ringer

2003
Battling her sister in a heated dispute at the same time her law firm runs into financial trouble, attorney Bennie Rosato takes on a potentially lucrative class action suit and finds unexpected assistance from a mysterious stranger.

Lady Killer

2008
Astonished when a childhood rival begs her for protection from a violent drug-dealer boyfriend, an attorney finds her family, her career, and eventually her life placed on the line when she investigates the woman's subsequent disappearance.

The Traffickers

2010
In the wake of a gangland shooting at a popular tourist site in Philadelphia, Matthew Payne pursues a suspicion that the case is related to a murder near the Schuykill River, and follows a hunch to the Texas-Mexico border, where he encounters more danger than anticipated.

The man who sang in the dark

1987
Ten-year-old Leah, her young brother, and their recently widowed mother begin forging a new life for themselves through friendship with a blind man and the other inhabitants of their boarding house in Philadelphia during the Depression.

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