Birdie Flynn, a gifted Irish Catholic teenager living in East Boston, struggles with the consequences of her brother's part in vandalizing a synagogue.
Zack see a moneymaking opportunity when a teen pop star checks into the Tipton Hotel. Soon he is selling to obsessed fans anything the star touches. But does Zack go to far when he takes the star's lucky bracelet?.
A family of Italian immigrants in twentieth-century Boston work hard to attain their dream of owning a farm in the country, but their son Joey cannot bear to leave the city.
Living in Boston in 1773, thirteen-year-old Stephen Lankford and his older brother William become involved in the activities of the revolutionary group known as the Sons of Liberty.
Buster, a walnut orb weaving spider, enlists the help of Jo Beth, one of a family of poisonous but friendly brown recluse spiders, to help stop humans who are stealing from the rare books room of the Boston Public Library, where the spiders live.
Maggie is known for telling tall tales to make her life seem more exciting, but when a real disaster strikes, no one believes her, so now she has to try and save her neighborhood by herself.
In 1903, Maureen, originally from Ireland, comes to Boston to live with her old friend Sofia and her Italian American family, where the two girls share fifth grade class and various adventures.
