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Tag: NYC

  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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    by E.L. Konigsburg I finished reading this book with my son about a month ago and was pleased with how well it has held up. I remember being read this story as a child. I think it must have been fifth grade in Mr. Laskowich’s class. He used to read to us every day-I think…

  • Just Kids

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    By Patti Smith Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Collins, 2010 Genres: Nonfiction, autobiography, biography, memoir ISBN: 9780066211312 Audience: Adults Number of pages: 279 Settings: Mostly New York City – Manhattan & Brooklyn – but also Paris & Charleville, France & Camden, NJ Time period: The bulk of the story is set between 1969…

  • Precious: Based on the novel Push

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    By Sapphire Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c1996, 1997, 2009 Genres: General fiction, urban lit, street lit ISBN: 9780307474841 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 177 (180 including Reader’s Guide) Setting: Harlem, Manhattan, NYC Time period: 1987 – 1989 Plot summary: Sixteen year old, Precious Jones lives an extremely hard life.  Born…

  • Caught Stealing

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    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 Genres: Thriller, crime thriller, suspense Series: Hank Thompson series; 1 ISBN: 9780345464774 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 240 Setting: Lower East Side, NYC (Manhattan) Time period: 2002 or 2003 Plot summary: Hank Thompson has had a really bad day which has stretched…

  • So This is How it Ends

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    By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers…

  • No Dominion

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    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2006 Genres: Mystery, suspense, paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 2 ISBN: 9780345478252 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 251 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When vampyre detective Joe Pitt discovers that there is a new drug in his neighborhood designed…

  • Cancer Vixen: A True Story

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    By Marisa Acocella Marchetto Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9780676978247 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 212 Setting: NYC- lower Manhattan Time period: 2001- 2005 Plot summary: “What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get married big-city girl cartoonist with…

  • The Watchmen

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    By Alan Moore Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, adventure Format: graphic novel ISBN: 9780930289232 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 413 Settings: New York City, Antarctica, and Mars Time period: late 1930s through mid 1980’s (The Cold War) Plot…

  • Already Dead

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    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2005 Genres: Mystery, suspense,  paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 1 ISBN: 034547824X, 9780345478245 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 268 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Joe Pitt wasn’t born with his name.  Like most Vampyres he knows, he changed his…

  • The Coldest Winter Ever

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    By Sister Souljah Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pocket Star Books, 2006, c1999 Genres: Urban lit, street lit Series: Not at this time, although somewhere in the back of the book Sister Souljah mentions there might be sequel from Porshe’s perspective. ISBN: 9781416521693 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 534 Setting: Brooklyn and the…