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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she's known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community's past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block -- her neighbor Theo....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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A young girl from an impoverished family comes of age in Brooklyn at the turn of the twentieth century.
The story of the Nolan family, including daughter Francie, and life in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn during the early part of the 20th century.
A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life ... If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience ... It is a poignant and...
Author
Publisher
HarperLargePrint
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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A young girl from an impoverished family comes of age in Brooklyn at the turn of the twentieth century.
"The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric...
6) Bushwick
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Lucy steps off the subway, she walks into an utter bloodbath on the streets of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Texas is attempting to secede from the Union, and militia forces have descended upon New York City to claim it as an East Coast base of operations and negotiation tool. Faced with a flurry of whizzing bullets and total destruction around every corner, Lucy takes shelter in the basement with Stupe, a burly war veteran.
7) Angel heart
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.
Brooklyn private detective Harry Angel is hired by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to find a man named Johnny Favorite which takes him from Brooklyn to the Louisiana swamps.
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