brooklyn (new york, n.y.)

During the 1950s, young Maggie struggles to will her beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to a victory in the World Series and wishes that her friend Jim, a soldier in Korea, would answer her letters.

With a mysterious new principal and fifth-grade graduation fast approaching, Michael K. and his friends need to find the missing Brainwave before the chief of the Anti-Alien Agency uses it to destroy a planet.

Michael K., Venus, TJ, and the SPHDZ continue to try to get kids to sign up for the Spaceheadz, but Agent Umber of the Anti-Alien Agency does not back down and the identity of the leader of Spaceheadz surprises everyone.

Contains nine short stories set in Brooklyn and the South Bronx that feature the vulnerability of black men and boys who frequently deal with race, gender, and class issues while coping with relationships between friends, lovers, and family.

Janie observes the day-to-day activity in her Brooklyn neighborhood and records it all in her notebook.

Almost-fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman.

The story of four strong-willed women of the del Pino family of Havana and of Brooklyn who are divided by conflicting political loyalties.

Michael K., Venus, TJ, and the SPHDZ continue to try to get kids to sign up for the Spaceheadz, but Agent Umber of the Anti-Alien Agency does not back down and the identity of the leader of Spaceheadz surprises everyone.

A comedy built around the Jerome family during the Depression and focusing on fifteen-year-old, Eugene, preoccupied with sex and the Yankees.

Moses Feldman and Mohammed Hassan both live on Flatbush Avenue, but when they meet at the grocery store they quickly become best friends, sharing a picnic while their families prepare for the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan.