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Jules is starting third grade, but her new teacher seems a little strange, she has to choose and research a famous person for the class wax museum project, and rehearsals for the sitcom she is in are harder than ever--especially since the TV show is about to air.

In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks her help with an important task.

This young readers' adaptation of the story of September 11 hero Welles Crowther looks at his faith-based philosophy, his ambition to join the FDNY, and how he sacrificed his life to save victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

A chronicle of episodes covering more than 100 years. These events culminate in the year 2000 when New York becomes the golden city people have always wanted it to be.

In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. It's thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy book, which includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and maps, fills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.

A narrative survey of the Occupy Wall Street movement, discussing its historic inspirations, inner tensions, and future prospects.

In trouble at home and school again for turning in a not-quite honest memoir, eleven-year-old Cricket and her equally fanciful grandmother, Dodo, set out on a crosstown Manhattan adventure.