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new york

Whitney Museum of American Art

selected works from the permanent collection
1985

City of snow

the Great Blizzard of 1888
2004
A fictionalized account, told in free-verse poems, of a young girl's experience living through the 1888 "Great Blizzard" in New York City.

David Karp

the mastermind behind Tumblr
2013
A biography of David Karp, the creator of Tumblr.

Carrie Pilby

2010
Carrie Pilby, an antisocial nineteen-year-old college graduate whose only consistent link to the world outside her New York apartment is her therapist, begins a step-by-step attempt to appreciate the company of others and wrestles with questions about relationships and morality.

New York City history for kids

from New Amsterdam to the Big Apple, with 21 activities
2012
Presents an overview of the history of New York City, discussing culture, politics, and geography, and includes twenty-one activities for children.

The gold coin

a story of New York's Lower East Side and its immigrants
2003
In 1901, thirteen-year-old Dimitri, his younger brother, and their parents are beginning to feel at home in New York City's Lower East Side, where they have lived since their Jewish faith led them to flee Russia thirteen months earlier.

Portrait of Jennie

2000
Struggling artist Eben Adams meets Jennie, a mysterious little girl in New York's Central Park, whose beauty and devotion inspires him to new levels of accomplishment.

No lease on life

a novel
1998
Follows Elizabeth Hall through twenty-four turbulent hours in which she witnesses the seedier activities that take place on New York's streets.

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