philadelphia (pa.)

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Liberty Bell to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--.

"In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Their families and others on the street make extra money by selling tickets to bleachers on their flat rooftops, which have a perfect view of the field. However, falling ticket sales at the park prompt the manager and park owner to decide to build a wall that will block the view. Jimmy and Lola come up with a variety of ways to prevent the wall frombeing built, knowing that not only will they miss the view, but their families will be impacted from the loss of income. As Jimmy becomes more and more desperate to save their view, his dubious plans create a rift between him and Lola, and he must work to repair their friendship"--Provided by publisher.

Barbara Layman, a young patriot in Philadelphia in 1776, hides in her father's wagon to eavesdrop on two men she suspects of being British spies, and learns to her dismay that she is right when the men steal her father's horses, and the wagon, with her inside.

Sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793.

"Since his mother died thirteen-year-old Troy has been skipping school and hanging out with the wrong crowd, and now he and his friend Foster have been sentenced to work in the local Philadelphia stables; at first he is apprehensive around the horses, but soon he bonds with a mare named Chance, and discovers the sport of polo--but also makes some new enemies"--OCLC.

"In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husband, filled with hope that they could now give their three daughters--Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa--a chance at a better life. Their dreams are short-lived. Just months after they arrive, the Spanish Flu reaches the shores of America. As the pandemic claims more than twelve thousand victims in their adopted city, they find their lives left with a world that looks nothing like the one they knew. But even as they lose loved ones, they take in a baby orphaned by the disease who becomes their single source of hope. Amidst the tragedy and challenges that surround them, they learn what they cannot live without--and what they are willing to do about it"--Provided by publisher.

The kids in Ms. Rooney's class are off to tour Philadelphia. It's going to be a great trip, except that Mrs. Miller the Killer, the substitute teacher is coming along.

Something evil tricks Becket into opening a portal to another realm from which comes a darkness that transforms Philadelphia into something ghastly, but only at night. While some citizens lock themselves indoors at night, others run wild. Now Becket, the daughter of the police commissioner, must find a way to survive and undo what she has done.

"From the British surrender to the Civil War to Women's Suffrage and the fight for Civil Rights, one witness saw it all. Discover why an old cracked bell is still one of our nation's most-loved symbols.".