Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade ; the dangerous device Jasper stole from him for the life of the girl Jasper loves. One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens. From the rough streets of lower Manhattan to elegant Fifth Avenue, the motley crew of teens with supernatural abilities is on Jasper's elusive trail. And they're about to discover how far they'll go for friendship.
The author relates his experiences speaking and traveling with an African refugee named Deo, who escaped genocide and earned his doctorate degree in medicine from Columbia Universtity, to Burundi, where Deo built a hospital and reflected on the many deaths in the region.
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.
Celebrated American author Frank McCourt recounts his thirty-year teaching career, and describes some of his unconventional teaching methods that have left an impact of his students.
Diagnosed with a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics, such as coughing and head jerking, sixth-grader Carrie must cope with the embarrassment and strain of various reactions from family, friends, and strangers.
Wife and mother Faith Madison stirs up trouble in her marriage when she decides to follow her long-held dream of going to law school, but at her stepfather's funeral she is reunited with Brad, an unhappily married childhood friend, and slowly comes to realize he is the one man with whom she can share her secrets and her hopes for a happy future.
Contains nineteen essays in which the authors, a group of urbanists who live and work in New York City, speculate about the future of the city in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Two men in the 1820s convince much of New York City that a plan is in the works to saw off the southern half of Manhattan and place it somewhere else in order to keep it from sinking into the harbor. Based on a famous hoax, the authenticity of which has not been proven.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas, of the New York City police force, investigates a series of murders that follow the pattern of Jack the Ripper, and she must discover the murderer from among some of the city's most influential and powerful men before she becomes the next victim.
