brooklyn (new york, n.y.)

Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

After Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he is sent with his mother to live in the United States, but on the streets of Brooklyn, Midnight remains true to his beliefs while attempting to reclaim his former wealth and protect his family, while attracting the lustful attention of a number of women.

Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Profiles the life and accomplishments of Brooklyn chess champion, Web designer, business owner, and premed student Najee McGreen.

Eleven-year-old Margaret tries to accept the inevitable changes that come one summer when her father dies and her best friend Maizon goes away to a private boarding school.

With only one hundred more Spaceheadz to sign up, Michael K.'s friends start planning an Earth-saving party but Michael fears the Brainwave might be used for a much more sinister purpose.

In this modern retelling of the tragic romance of Tristan and Iseult, a two teenagers fall in love even though family, friends, and society threaten to keep them apart.

"Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture"--OCLC.

"Raine's life is far from ordinary--he's a gargoyle living in a Brooklyn church. Peering down from the church's balcony, Raine develops a crush on Sophie, a new girl in the neighborhood. But he has bigger problems. Raine's church is about to be demolished, and he has to do something before he is destroyed too."--Provided by publisher.

Contains two novels about Kate, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl and former gang member living in foster care, as she struggles with friendships and dating.