new york (n.y.)

As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.

The Corleone family struggles with the deception, greed, and death brought about by its activities as part of the Italian Mafia.

Author's memoir of her Puerto Rican childhood and her family's move to New York when she was thirteen.

Rich, attractive New York yuppie Patrick Bateman fills his apartment with the body parts of his murder victims.

After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.

Teens Kendall and Max witness a tragic accident during the holidays and, racked with guilt, accept a dare to perform seven random acts of kindness to strangers by New Year's Eve.

Although they have been friends and neighbors all their lives, straight Naomi and gay Ely find their relationship severely strained during their freshman year at New York University.

High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her grandmother.

A story in poetry and prose, in which fifteen-year-old Maria leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised.

The author recalls her poor, but enchanted childhood in Puerto Rico, and discusses the challenges she faced when her mother decided to move the family to New York.