new york (state)

Tells the story of Mary Jemison, a fifteen-year-old girl who was kidnapped by the Seneca Indians and adopted into their tribe, becoming the wife of a warrior chief, and experiencing the tragedies and triumphs of life in the eighteenth-century Seneca nation.

When General George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied--thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. Washington realized that he couldn't beat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York. So carefully guarded were the members' identities that one spy's name was not uncovered until the twentieth century, and one remains unknown today. But by now, historians have discovered enough information about the ring's activities to piece together evidence that these six individuals turned the tide of the war. Here, these spies finally take their place among the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution.--From publisher description.

In 1835 in rural New York State, apprentice stonecutter Albion Straight relates his experiences when he is hired by the strangely menacing John Good to carve a statue of his daughter.

Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn have always shared one another's thoughts; but the connection between them fades when one begins to see the future and the other the past.

In a small New York town divided by race in the 1950s, a young African-American basketball player risks his life to protect Iris Courtney, a white girl pursued by a malicious classmate, and, in doing so, forms a bond of secrecy that will stay with them both through adulthood.

At the end of their sophomore year in high school, the lives of four teenagers are woven together as they start a tough new job, face family problems, deal with changing friendships, and find love.

The lives of three remarkable families become entwined with Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Theodore Dreiser, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata at the turn of the century.

After suffering a sudden betrayal, Hudson is reluctant to trust or love again. When her future begins looking up, and she meets an attractive new guy, she considers giving life a second chance but must determine how much she is willing to sacrifice to find happiness.

When fifteen-year-old Annie Grey and her "clairvoyant" mother arrive in Peach Hill, New York, in 1924, each finds a reason for wanting to finally settle down, but to reach their goals they will have to do some serious lying and Annie will have to stand up for herself.