new york (n.y.)

Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find.

Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.

Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook.

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.

After he is left paralyzed from the shoulders down, noted New York forensic investigator Lincoln Rhyme must rely on his assitant, rookie Amelia Donaghy, to help him track down the serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Seventeen-year-old Brooke has a crush on Scott so big that when he heads for New York City, she moves into her estranged father's Greenwich Village apartment, but soon she begins to focus on knowing herself and finding her future path.

New York City teenager Craig Gilner succumbs to academic and social pressures at an elite high school and enters a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.

Sixteen-year-old New Yorker Jamal Wallace is a standout basketball player with a secret passion for literature. William Forrester is a Pulitzer winning author turned recluse who lives in the same neighborhood. After a chance meeting, Forrester becomes mentor to the boy, and the two form an unlikely friendship.

Liz Murray, who was homeless at the age of fifteen and had drug-addicted parents, reflects on how she overcame obstacles and eventually attended Harvard University.

Roland Deschain and his ka-tet embark upon a quest to save the Dark Tower, but are challenged by the evil wolves of Thunderclap.