chicago (ill.)

A collection of short stories by Stuart Dybek about young men and women coming of age in Chicago.

Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

Three children in Chicago in 1886 experience the Haymarket Riot in response to exploitative working conditions.

A young African-American girl named Hallelujah lives through the great Chicago fire with courage and resourcefulness.

Thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago in 1893 to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

A fictional description of the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Deputy Chief of Detectives Polly Kelly rushes to crack the case of Danielle Gaston, the three-year-old daughter of a popular country-and-western singer and a senator, who was kidnapped from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral only to show up on a live-action Web page one hour later.

Presents a collection of fourteen short fiction stories about life in Chicago.

Presents a brief overview of immigration to Chicago in the 1800's and how people became neighbors, working and living together.

High school freshman Ryan Walsh, a Chicago Cubs fan, meets Nick when they both skip school on opening day, and their blossoming relationship becomes difficult for Ryan when she discovers that Nick is seriously ill and she again feels the pain of losing her father five years earlier.