chicago (ill.)

When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "A Raisin in the Sun," the story about tensions in a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago's South Side in the 1950s; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

"In Chicago, nineteen-year-old Tate Bertram is a compulsive gambler who masks his 'tells' with great discipline, although underneath the controlled facade are deep insecurities that compel him to keep everyone, especially those closest to him, at arm's length, but when Tate is given an unexpected opportunity to redeem himself and to conquer his addiction, he does so by playing one last hand"--Provided by publisher.

After taking a summer job with a Chicago ghost tour company, eighteen-year-old Megan is interrogated for murder, when the reports of "real" ghost sightings increase along with the number of missing tourists.

This is a compelling look at the Chicago race riot of 1919, a crisis in the history of race relations that is echoed in today's headlines.

Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.

In 1947, after trying two different ways to win a bicycle and forcing herself to read a poem in front of her third grade class, Millie recognizes the importance of taking chances to make her life more interesting and satisfying.

The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue, and creatures of all supernatural stripes. From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley Field, humans, zombies, incubi, and even fey royalty appear, ready to blur the line between friend and foe.

Paul Benjamin was an ordinary New Yorker until a gang of drug addicts killed his wife and raped his daughter. When the police proved helpless, Benjamin bought a gun and found his own vengeance, methodically tracking the addicts and killing them one by one. Now he is in Chicago, and the cycle of violence is about to begin anew. On his first night in the city, he stumbles out of a bar in a bad part of town, pretending to be drunk. When two thugs set upon him, they find their quarry sober and armed. He kills them both, escaping before the police arrive. They will not be the last of Chicago's criminal class to suffer his wrath.

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard serves as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, and this time Mab has traded his skills to pay off a debt, and now he must help his dread enemy Nicodemus Archleone to break into the highest security vault in town.