new york (state)

Written as a college admission essay, eighteen-year-old Harry Jones recounts a childhood defined by the hideous scars he hid behind, and how forming a band brought self-confidence, friendship, and his first kiss.

A teen boy in upstate New York begins breaking into homes and hacking the owners' computers to learn their secrets; sometimes he even shares the secrets in prank emails. However, when a woman in the neighborhood is murdered, suspicion mounts. The neighbors will do anything to protect their secrets, to find out who the boy is and what he knows.

In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline becomes frustrated that her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are suddenly acting too grown up to enjoy winter fun with her, and her hurt feelings lead to dangerous decisions. Includes historical notes about growing up in the early nineteenth century.

"One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened all because of her race--even though New York was a free state at that time. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court-- where future president Chester Arthur represented her-- and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent"--OCLC.

Eleven-year-old Ted becomes concerned and intrigued when his five-year-old sister Vicki begins receiving visits from two female ghosts.

In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted.

"This . . . state is home to the . . . Niagara Falls, the stately Statue of Liberty and one of the biggest cities in the world. Readers will draw this state's symbols and learn all about New York's history. From the Dutch settlers to George Washington's inauguration, a lot has happened in the Empire state"--Amazon.

Describes New York's location within the U.S., land, cities, and history, and presents brief profiles of famous citizens, a time line, the state flag, and a fact file that lists the state's nickname, motto, song, population, type of government, and official animal, bird, and flower.

Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar.

"Instagram-famous triplets Cecily, Amber and Rudy Cole--the children of home renovation superstars--are ready for a perfect summer. They're on track to reach one mullion followers with a few carefully crafted posts, and they've just moved into the site of their parents' latest renovation project: a three-million-dollar McMansion in upstate New York. Just hours into the move, the Cole triplets begin to receive spine-chilling messages from a follower staking their claim over the house. It soon becomes clear that this anonymous threat is more than a simple Internet troll, and the follower can't wait to shatter the Cole family's perfect veneer and take back what's theirs. As the eerie warning manifest into deadly 'accidents,' the Coles begin to look into the history of the house--and the chilling secrets they uncover are far more than they bargained for"--Jacket flap.