new york (state)

"Instagram-famous triplets Cecily, Amber and Rudy Cole--the children of home renovation superstars--are ready for a perfect summer. They're on track to reach one mullion followers with a few carefully crafted posts, and they've just moved into the site of their parents' latest renovation project: a three-million-dollar McMansion in upstate New York. Just hours into the move, the Cole triplets begin to receive spine-chilling messages from a follower staking their claim over the house. It soon becomes clear that this anonymous threat is more than a simple Internet troll, and the follower can't wait to shatter the Cole family's perfect veneer and take back what's theirs. As the eerie warning manifest into deadly 'accidents,' the Coles begin to look into the history of the house--and the chilling secrets they uncover are far more than they bargained for"--Jacket flap.

"A . . . memoir about a nontraditional upbringing and growing up Black in a predominantly white community"--.

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but Mitchell reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Fr?d?ric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.

A delightful tour of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State through captivating illustration and descriptive verse. Each page shares cultural and historical facts of interest appealing to adults and older children while detailed and colorful illustrations along with alphabetical verse appeal to younger children. Letter sounds, alliteration and rhyme help build phonemic awareness and letter sound recognition. Content area vocabulary related to curriculum is present. Reference materials included: Index, map and more. W is for Waterfall takes readers of all ages on a journey through this important area of New York State. Subjects include agriculture, aviation, art, birds, wetlands, pollination, Erie Canal, movie history, women's history, trout, fishing, farms. Recommended for interested adults and K-4th grade.

An autobiographical novel in which fifteen-year-old Jennifer Johnson convinces her parents to commit her to the Eating Disorders Unit of an upstate New York psychiatric hospital in 1988, where the treatment for her bulimia and anorexia is not what she expects.

"Freedom-- a shared sacrifice! puts the spotlight on the lives of African American soldiers from western New York during the Civil War. A combination of genealogy research with traditional study of regimental and military history results in a unique book about the soldiers of the Civil War."--Back cover.