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by
Joy Michael Ellison
(15)
Summary: After Flor's mother dies in early 1969, she is left with her grandmother who refuses to accept Flor's identity as a trans girl. Flor decides that in order to be true to herself, she must leave home....
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Call #: J F GIRLS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #5
(1,971)
Summary: It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his best friend and the Vanderbeeker children...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #4
(2,744)
Summary: When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon -- and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator
(1,175)
Summary: Re-creating a road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own father, the whole crew is packed and ready for a cross-country adventure. Things get off to a rocky start when the car breaks...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #1
(19,831)
Summary: The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease,...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #3
(3,801)
Summary: For the Vanderbeekers, a large bi-racial family living on Harlem's 141st Street, spring break couldn't be off to a better start. Isa has a whole week to prepare for a violin audition, Oliver is...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Karina Yan Glaser
Series:
Vanderbeekers - #2
(5,535)
Summary: "When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash,...
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Call #: J F GLASER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
(711)
Summary: In this wordless story, a young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a...
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BOOK
Call #: J P STORIES WEITZMAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kate Messner
(190)
Summary: Ranger the time-traveling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in...
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Call #: J F MESSNER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Alan Gratz
(14,926)
Summary: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that...
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Call #: J F GRATZ
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Avi
(3,383)
Summary: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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Call #: J F AVI
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Deborah Hopkinson
(509)
Summary: In 1931, a boy and his father watch as the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building, is constructed, step-by-step, near their Manhattan home.
BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY HOPKINSON
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Series:
American Girl Rebecca Series
(1,123)
Summary: While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.
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Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael Garland
(59)
Summary: A child describes each moment of the ferry boat ride from Manhattan to Staten Island and back, including seeing the Statue of Liberty and the Verrazano Bridge.
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Call #: J READER GREEN GARLAND
Location: Junior Readers Green
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Elise Broach
Series:
Masterpiece Adventures
(8,199)
Summary: After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Call #: J F BROACH
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ann M Martin
(878)
Summary: Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
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Call #: J F MARTIN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Beth Levine Ain
Series:
Starring Jules - #4
(75)
Summary: Jules is starting third grade, but her new teacher seems a little strange, she has to choose and research a famous person for the class wax museum project, and rehearsals for the sitcom she is in are...
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Call #: J F AIN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ibi Aanu Zoboi
(1,727)
Summary: In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
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Call #: J F ZOBOI
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
Spaceheadz - ##4
(76)
Summary: With a mysterious new principal and fifth-grade graduation fast approaching, will Michael K. and his friends be able to find the missing Brainwave before the chief of the Anti-Alien Agency uses it to destroy a planet?
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Call #: J F SCIESZKA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
Spaceheadz Series - #3
(1,629)
Summary: With only one hundred more Spaceheadz to sign up, Michael K.'s friends start planning an Earth-saving party but Michael fears the Brainwave might be used for a much more sinister purpose.
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Call #: J F SCIESZKA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lisa Fiedler
Series:
Mouseheart Series
(1,406)
Summary: The Warriors series meets Redwall in this first book in an epic animal adventure series set in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn. Hopper is just an ordinary pet shop mouse before he escapes. Soon he...
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Call #: J F FIEDLER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
Spaceheadz Series
(1,629)
Summary: On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else of the truth.
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Call #: J F SCIESZKA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jon Scieszka
Series:
Spaceheadz
(1,629)
Summary: The campaign to save the earth from being turned off is going well, but Michael K. must enlist fellow fifth-graders Venus and TJ to help hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber, especially when they become involved in a school play.
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Call #: J F SCIESZKA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Dan Gutman
(229)
Summary: "Joe "Stosh" Stoshack uses his power to time travel using baseball cards to go back to 1951, when Bobby Thomson hit the famous Shot Heard Round the World home run to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants"-- Provided by publisher.
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Call #: J F GUTMAN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Geoff Rodkey
Series:
Tapper Twins - #2
(827)
Summary: An oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, on the First (and last) Annual Culvert Prep Middle School Scavenger...
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Call #: J F RODKEY
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Natalie Grant
Series:
Faithgirlz! Glimmer Girls Series - #4
(88)
Summary: Join twins Mia and Maddie and their little sister, LuLu, as they travel the world finding adventure, mystery, and mischief; the fourth book in the Glimmer Girls series.
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Call #: J F GRANT
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Dan Gutman
Summary: A.J. and his friends are visiting New York City! They're hitting all the classic tourist stops -- Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, the Met, and more. Their tour guide, Mrs. Mentry, is determined...
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Call #: J GN GUT
Location: Junior Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Yvette Clark
(399)
Summary: After Kitty's mother dies on an inappropriately sunny Tuesday, all Kitty wants is for her life to go back to "normal" -- whatever that will mean without her mum. Instead, her dad announces that he,...
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Call #: J F CLARK
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Courtney Sheinmel
(60)
Summary: "Twins Finn and Molly Parker are whisked away in their magical RV to compete in a scavenger hunt in New York City." -- Provided by publisher
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Call #: J F SHEINMEL
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ron Roy
Series:
A To Z Mysteries. Main Series - #10
(3,360)
Summary: Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.
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Call #: J F ROY
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Lisa Graff
(9,457)
Summary: Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
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Call #: J F GRAFF
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Patterson
Series:
Treasure Hunters Series - #1
(7,011)
Summary: "Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their...
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Call #: J F PATTERSON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lin Oliver
Series:
Fantastic Frame - #3
(41)
Summary: When the fantastic frame takes Tiger and Luna to the diner depicted in Edward Hopper's painting, Nighthawks, they explore the streets and subways of 1942 New York City.
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Call #: J F OLIVER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Gwenda Bond
Series:
Supernormal Sleuthing Service - #1
(277)
Summary: Stephen' father replaces Nana cooking for "supernormals" at an elite New York City hotel, but when a magical family heirloom is stolen, Stephen must quickly figure out his new world and clear his name, with help from new friends.
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Call #: J F BOND
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Daniel Jose Older
Series:
Dactyl Hill Squad - #1
(970)
Summary: It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other...
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Call #: J F OLDER
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jessika Fleck
Series:
Girls Survive
(96)
Summary: Life in lower Manhattan is normal for Molly, her dads, and younger sister. But on September 11, 2001, everything changes. Molly and her younger sister, Adeline, are at school when the first plane...
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Call #: J F GIRLS
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Geronimo Stilton
Series:
Geronimo Stilton Series
(1,887)
Summary: When Geronimo travels to New York City for Christmas, he accidentally switches luggage with another passenger, so he travels all over the city searching for the bag's owner and his own bag, which contains his Christmas presents.
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Call #: J F STILTON
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Beth Levine Ain
Series:
Starring Jules Series
(102)
Summary: Jules, excited and nervous about her part in a sitcom pilot, is also concerned about her class moving up ceremony and her touchy relationships with ex-best friend Charlotte and new best friend...
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Call #: J F AIN
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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