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The Chelsea girls

a novel
2019
"The bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a . . . novel about a twenty-year friendship that will irrevocably change two women's lives"--Amazon.
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The scar

a personal history of depression and recovery
2019
A memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.
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Shadowhouse fall

2019
In addition to the ordinary problems of a Puerto Rican teenager in Brooklyn, Sierra Santiago is working on developing her shadowshaping skills, and she is beginning to think she may need all the skill she can summon because it seems that when she channeled hundreds of spirits through herself in order to defeat Wick she woke up something very powerful and very unfriendly and put her family and friends at risk.
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Some places more than others

Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.
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The long run

a New York City firefighter's triumphant comeback from crash victim to elite athlete
2010
Matt Long recounts how he fought through the fear, despair, loneliness, and intense physical and psychological pain he endured after being struck by a bus and nearly losing his life, and chronicles his efforts to train for the New York City Marathon.
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On Broadway

from Rent to revolution
Provides a visual and oral history of the last twenty years of theater, exploring the creative process behind each production. Includes behind-the-scenes artwork and anecdotes from Broadway stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alison Bechdel, Dolly Parton, and Harvey Fierstein.
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All-of-a-kind family uptown

The further adventures of five sisters and their brother growing up on New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.
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All-of-a-kind family downtown

The further adventures of five sisters and their brother growing up on New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.
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The dead and the gone

Last survivors
2008
After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

Strike zone

Twelve-year-old Nick Garc?a dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents.
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