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  • Hurry up, Houdini!

    Hurry up, Houdini!2013

    by Mary Pope Osborne

    Series: Magic Tree House Research Guide Series

    (1,995)

    Summary: "Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"-- Provided by publisher.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F OSBORNE

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend

    The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend2016

    by Sharon Robinson

    (2,271)

    Summary: Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ROBINSON

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The jaguar's jewel

    The jaguar's jewel2000

    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.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ROY

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • A big day for baseball

    A big day for baseball2017

    by Mary Pope Osborne

    Series: Magic Tree House Series - #29

    (1,278)

    Summary: "Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves." -- Provided by publisher

    BOOK

    Call #: J F OSBORNE

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

    The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street2017

    by Karina Yan Glaser

    Series: Vanderbeekers

    (19,995)

    Summary: Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GLASER

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden

    The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden2018

    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,...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GLASER

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Escape from the Twin Towers

    Escape from the Twin Towers2020

    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...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F MESSNER

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

    The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street2018

    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,...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GLASER

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Vanderbeekers lost and found

    The Vanderbeekers lost and found2020

    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...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GLASER

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Barbie. Big city, big dreams

    Barbie. Big city, big dreams2021

    by Christy Webster

    (16)

    Summary: When Barbie travels to the big city to attend an arts academy, she meets another Barbie Roberts, and as they compete for the Spotlight Solo in Times Square, the friends discover competition is not all about winning.

    BOOK

    Call #: J READER GREEN BARBIE

    Location: Junior Readers Green

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001

    I survived the attacks of September 11, 20012021

    by Lauren Tarshis creator

    (1,007)

    Summary: The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas'...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J GN TAR

    Location: Junior Graphic Novels

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Eleven

    Eleven2014

    by Tom Rogers

    (2,291)

    Summary: Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is, until his eleventh birthday. Then everything changed. When Alex rescues a stray dog as a birthday...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ROGERS

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Meet Lyle

    Meet Lyle2022

    by Bernard Waber creator

    Summary: When the Primm family moves to New York City and into the house on East 88th Street, they are surprised to find a crocodile living in their attic. But Lyle isn't a regular crocodile -- he's playful,...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J READER GREEN WABER

    Location: Junior Readers Green

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Flor fights back : a Stonewall Riots survival story

    Flor fights back : a Stonewall Riots survival story2023

    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....  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GIRLS

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • And Tango makes three

    And Tango makes three2005

    by Justin Richardson

    Summary: At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

    BOOK

    Call #: J P ANIMALS RICHARDSON

    Location: Junior Picture Books - Animals

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Baby-sitters Club. Book 14, Stacey's mistake

    The Baby-sitters Club. Book 14, Stacey's mistake2023

    by Ann M Martin

    Series: Baby-sitters Club (Graphic Novels)

    Summary: Stacey is so excited! Her friends from the Baby-sitters Club are coming to New York City for a long weekend. It's going to be perfect -- a party and a sleepover on Friday night, a big baby-sitting...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J GN BAB

    Location: New Junior Graphic Novels

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Time after time

    Time after time2023

    by Sarah Mlynowski

    Series: Best Wishes (Mlynowski) - #3

    Summary: Lucy Usthorn of Fort Worth, Texas, is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F MLYNOWSKI

    Location: New Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • The Vanderbeekers ever after

    The Vanderbeekers ever after2023

    by Karina Yan Glaser , illustrator

    Series: Vanderbeekers - #7

    Summary: The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F GLASER

    Location: New Junior Fiction

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Starring Jules (in drama-rama)

    Starring Jules (in drama-rama)2013

    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...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AIN

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Starring Jules (third grade debut)

    Starring Jules (third grade debut)2014

    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...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AIN

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Rebecca and Ana

    Rebecca and Ana2009

    by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

    Series: American Girl Rebecca Series - #2

    (1,479)

    Summary: Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Rebecca and the movies

    Rebecca and the movies2009

    by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

    Series: American Girl Rebecca Series - #4

    (1,409)

    Summary: Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Rebecca to the rescue

    Rebecca to the rescue2009

    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.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Meet Rebecca : an American girl

    Meet Rebecca : an American girl2009

    by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

    Series: American Girl Rebecca Series - #1

    (2,983)

    Summary: In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Candlelight for Rebecca

    Candlelight for Rebecca2009

    by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

    Series: American Girl Rebecca Series - #3

    (1,438)

    Summary: While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Changes for Rebecca

    Changes for Rebecca2009

    by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

    Series: American Girl Rebecca Series - #6

    (1,105)

    Summary: Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN REBECCA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Changes for Samantha : a winter story

    Changes for Samantha : a winter story1988

    by Valerie Tripp

    Series: American Girl Samantha Series - #6

    (4,662)

    Summary: When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AMERICAN SAMANTHA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • City of orphans

    City of orphans2011

    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.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F AVI

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • The lost legacy

    The lost legacy2017

    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.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F BOND

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Masterpiece

    Masterpiece2008

    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.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F BROACH

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • City of the plague god

    City of the plague god2021

    by Sarwat Chadda

    (2,637)

    Summary: Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F CHADDA

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Glitter gets everywhere

    Glitter gets everywhere2021

    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,...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F CLARK

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Counting Thyme

    Counting Thyme2016

    by Melanie Conklin

    (2,794)

    Summary: "Thyme Owens moves across the country with her family so her younger brother can take part in a promising cancer drug trial, and though all she wants is for him to get better, adjusting to life in...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F CONKLIN

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • The dragon thief

    The dragon thief2021

    by Zetta Elliott

    Series: Dragons In A Bag - #2

    Summary: Jaxon had just one job -- to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were left in the bag. His best friend's sister, Kavita, is a dragon thief! Kavita...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ELLIOTT

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Dragons in a bag

    Dragons in a bag2019

    by Zetta Elliott

    Series: Dragons In A Bag - #1

    Summary: When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother -- but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ELLIOTT

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • The witch's apprentice

    The witch's apprentice2022

    by Zetta Elliott

    Series: Dragons In A Bag - #3

    (171)

    Summary: Ever since the baby dragons were returned to the magical realm, things have been off. The Brooklyn summer has been unusually cold, a strange sleeping sickness is spreading across the city, and...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ELLIOTT

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • The Saturdays

    The Saturdays2008

    by Elizabeth Enright

    Series: Melendy Quartet

    (9,462)

    Summary: Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on the Saturday that is his turn to receive the combined allowance.

    BOOK

    Call #: J F ENRIGHT

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Into the lion's den

    Into the lion's den2016

    by Linda A. Fairstein

    Series: Devlin Quick Mysteries - #1

    (520)

    Summary: "Twelve year old Devlin Quick is determined to bring a thief to justice when someone steals a page out of a rare maps book in the New York Public Library." -- Provided by publisher

    BOOK

    Call #: J F FAIRSTEIN

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Five, six, seven, Nate!

    Five, six, seven, Nate!2014

    by Tim Federle

    Series: Nate

    (2,709)

    Summary: Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City, small-town theater geek Nate is off to start rehearsals for E.T.: the musical. It's everything he ever practiced his autograph for! But as thrilling as...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F FEDERLE

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Better Nate than ever

    Better Nate than ever2013

    by Tim Federle

    Series: Better Nate Than Ever Series

    (7,909)

    Summary: Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he's wanted to star in a Broadway show. But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he's stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one,...  more »

    BOOK

    Call #: J F FEDERLE

    Location: Junior Fiction

    copies in: 1 of 1 details