pittsburgh (pa.)

In Pittsburgh in 1952, Franny Katzenback, a teen recovering from polio, strikes up a friendship with a loquacious flea named Fleabrain.

Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

Tells the true story of Ramon "Tru" Dixon and how he came to be involved in creating a little league baseball team from a group of underprivileged kids who might otherwise be heading for a life of crime and gang violence.

A play by August Wilson that captures the experiences of African-Americans in the 1970s.

An Irish-Catholic boy growing up in the Pittsburgh area in the 1930's painfully searches for his identity.

While working with a Pittsburgh television journalist on a project to uncover the truth about the 1902 Katherine Soffel scandal, college student Dee Armstrong learns about different types of betrayal.

Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

An autobiography describing the author's childhood and life in Pittburgh during the fifties.