• Okay for Now

    National Book Award Finalist "[A] stealthily powerful, unexpectedly affirming story of discovering and rescuing one’s best self."—Booklist, starred reviewIn this companion novel to The Wednesday Wars, Doug struggles to be more than the "skinny thug" that some people think him to be. He finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer, who gives him the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a town, and the return of his oldest brother, forever scarred, from Vietnam. Schmidt expertly weaves multiple themes of loss and recovery in a story teeming with distinctive, unusual characters... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0544022807
    • ASIN: 0544022807
    • ISBN: 0544022807
    • Brand: Houghton Mifflin
    • Manufacturer: Clarion Books

  • Goodbye Stranger

    This brilliant, New York Times bestselling novel from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me explores multiple perspectives on the bonds and limits of friendship. Long ago, best friends Bridge, Emily, and Tab made a pact: no fighting. But it’s the start of seventh grade, and everything is changing. Emily’s new curves are attracting attention, and Tab is suddenly a member of the Human Rights Club. And then there’s Bridge. She’s started wearing cat ears and is the only one who’s still tempted to draw funny cartoons on her homework.  It’s also the beginning of seve... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0307980863
    • ASIN: 0307980863
    • ISBN: 0307980863
    • Brand: YEARLING
    • Manufacturer: Yearling

  • Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book)


    • ASIN: 0395746566
    • UPC: 046442746564
    • ASIN: 0395746566
    • ISBN: 0395746566
    • Brand: Clarion Books
    • Manufacturer: Clarion Books

  • The Snow Goose

    The moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk In the marshes of Essex, one of the last wild places left in England, a disfigured artist lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse. Shunned by society, he spends his days painting scenes of the coast and the birds that migrate to the meadowlands every winter.  His days are solitary until one November afternoon, a young girl from a nearby village comes to his door carrying a wounded snow goose in her arms. The unlikely pair develop a friendship that deepens over the ensuing... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0394445937
    • ASIN: 0394445937
    • ISBN: 0394445937
    • Brand: Gallico, Paul
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Triple Sticks: Tales of a Few Young Men in the 1960s

    This memoir reads like fiction. The author assures us it is not!Three years before they came together, four young American men left their fraternities and college campuses for an adventure exceeding their imaginations. Wanting something more than the draft and unknown to each other, they chose Naval Aviation as the next step in their lives. Generally, they were better than their navy peers, all qualifying for high performance aircraft to be flown from steel decks over foreign seas. They would become the pointy end of the stick in aerial battles over North Vietnam, the most heavily defended... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B00NF2V2ZC
    • ASIN: B00NF2V2ZC
    • Manufacturer: Bernard Fipp

  • The Help

    In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. Only Aibileen (Viola Davis), the housekeeper of Skeeter's best friend, will talk at first. But as the pair continue the collaboration, more women decide to come forward, and as it turns out, they have quite a lot to say.

    • ASIN: 0425245136
    • ASIN: 0425245136
    • ISBN: 0425245136
    • Brand: BESTHING
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

  • Girl's Best Friend (A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery)

    Dogs are disappearing in her neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (ok, amateur) dog-walker. Maggie hates to see a pup in trouble, so she's even willing to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit's being held for ransom, and Maggie has noticed some suspicious behavior lately. But she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved . . .Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect voice and rich characters have endeared her to tweens, and her fans will flock to this hip new series featuri... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1599905256
    • ASIN: 1599905256
    • ISBN: 1599905256
    • Brand: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
    • Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

  • The Wednesday Wars - Audio

    From an award-winning novelist, a hilarious and poignant coming-of-age story set 1967.Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood has a tough year ahead of him. First of all, his teacher, Mrs. Baker, keeps giving him the evil eye. Second of all, the class bully keeps threatening to do Number 167 (and you don’t even want to know what Number 167 is). Third of all, his father keeps calling him “the Son Who is Going to Inherit Hoodhood and Associates.” But things are changing in 1967, and while reciting his favorite curses from Shakespeare’s plays, Holling might just find the true meaning of his own s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0439925010
    • ASIN: 0439925010
    • ISBN: 9780439925013
    • Brand: Scholastic Audio Books
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Audio Books

  • Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High

    Lively, poignant, and utterly winning, The Diary of Latoya Hunter is a timely portrait of adolescence--about the universal challenges of youth and about the ways it is shaped by the inner city. It is also a lively introduction to a delightful girl whose humor and idealism are inspirational.

    • ASIN: 0679746064
    • ASIN: 0679746064
    • ISBN: 0679746064
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Hot Girl: A Novel

    It's summertime in Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" Brooklyn, and Kate is feeling down in the dumps. Not only is she tired of her raggedy, tomboy image, but she's also missing her best friend, Felicia, who's away for the summer. Lonely and not exactly getting along with her new foster mother, Lynn, Kate so badly wants to be out and about, twirling pretty, and partying---and maybe catching the attention of her longtime crush, Charles. Opportunity knocks one hot summer day when fly-girl Naleejah struts her stuff straight up to Kate and takes a seat. Full of smiles, Naleejah tells Kate that she remembers her... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0312382847
    • ASIN: 0312382847
    • ISBN: 0312382847
    • Brand: Jordan, Dream
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

  • LOOKFACE Women T-Shirt Cotton Letters Top Junior Tees Yellow Medium

    LOOKFACE Women Cotton Casual Short Sleeve Printed T-shirts.Size Chart:Small:Bust-34.6",Length-24.8"Medium:Bust-35.4",Length-25.6"Large:Bust-38.6",Length-27.2"X-Large:Bust-40.9",Length-27.6"XX-Large:Bust-42.5",Length-28.3"NOTE:Compare the detail sizes with yours, please allow 1-3CM(1 inch=2.54cm) differs due to manual measurement.Pictures may slightly vary from actual item due to lighting and monitor.Guarantee:We endeavors 100% customer satisfaction service and experience.Any question, feel free to contact me, I'm happy to help you.If you are satisfied with our product or service,hope you can l... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B075HC98WV
    • ASIN: B075HC98WV
    • Brand: LOOKFACE
    • Size: Medium

  • A Stone of Hope: A Memoir

    In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost cause—until he landed in a rehabilitation program that saved his life and gave him purpose.Born into abject poverty in Haiti, young Jim St. Germain moved to Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, into an overcrowded apartment with his family. He quickly adapted to street life and began stealing, dealing drugs, and growing increasingly indifferent to despair and violence. By the time he was arrested for dealing crack cocaine, he had been handcuff... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0062458795
    • ASIN: 0062458795
    • ISBN: 0062458795
    • Brand: HARPER
    • Manufacturer: Harper

  • Will My Name Be Shouted Out

    Putting a human face on dire statistics about inner-city schools, Stephen O'Connor describes how his junior high school students--struggling to make sense of lives touched by violence, poverty, and broken families--discovered their own voices by writing and performing two plays.

    • ASIN: 0684832100
    • ASIN: 0684832100
    • ISBN: 0684832100
    • Manufacturer: Touchstone

  • The Waste Lands (Revised Edition): The Dark Tower III

    The third volume in Stephen King’s acclaimed, epic Dark Tower series.  Roland continues his quest for the Dark Tower, but he is no longer alone. He has trained Eddie and Susannah—who entered Mid-World from their separate whens in New York City in The Drawing of the Three—in the old ways of the gunslingers. But their ka-tet is not yet complete. Another must be drawn from New York into Mid-World, someone who has been there before, a boy who has died not once but twice, and yet still lives. The "Ka-tet," four who are bound together by fate, must travel far in this novel encountering not on... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0452284716
    • ASIN: 0452284716
    • ISBN: 9780452284715
    • Manufacturer: NAL

  • It's Like This, Cat

    The Newbery-winning classic novel about a young New Yorker who figures out the world on his own terms with the help of one prickly tomcat, for readers who enjoy such books as Al Capone Does My Shirts and Hoot. Dave Mitchell and his father disagree on almost everything—and every time their fighting sets off his mother’s asthma, Dave ends up storming out of the house. But when Dave meets a big, handsome tomcat, he decides to bring him home, no matter what his father has to say about it.With adventure-loving Cat around, Dave meets lots of new people—like Tom, a young dropout on his own in ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0064400735
    • ASIN: 0064400735
    • ISBN: 0064400735
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

  • NYC FACTORY NYPD Kids Short Sleeve Screen Print Police Back T-Shirt Navy Yellow XS (2-4)

    Awesome Officially Licensed NYPD Kids T-shirt - Limited Stock So Get Yours Today! Tee Is Navy Blue With Yellow Lettering And Comes In Standard Youth Sizes. Makes A Great

    • UPC: 106190237
    • Color: BlueNavy Blue
    • Size: XS

  • CBGB NYC Underground & Punk Club Graffiti Skull Juniors Front Print T-Shirt

    Officially LicensedHand Printed in the USA using a dye sublimation process that creates slight imperfections over seams and folds.There may be a slight Vinegar scent as part of the print process. It will disappear after

    • UPC: 148120313
    • Model: CBGB110-JSPP-3
    • Color: White
    • Size: L

  • Aeropostale Juniors Filled Nyc 87 Embellished T-Shirt

    Style Number: 5447Gender: WomensCountry of Manufacture: VietnamCollar Style: Crew NeckFit: Classic FitPattern: Floral PrintSeason: All SeasonsDensity: Medium WeightSleeve Length: Short SleeveOccasion: CasualTheme: ModernAdditional Details: Solid casual tee shirtGraphic and floral filled logo designCrew neckShort

    • UPC: 622240306
    • Model: 5447
    • Color: Pink - 586Pink
    • Size: S

  • Cbgb Omfug 1973 NYC Rock n Roll Music Home Of Underground Rock Snake Jrs T-Shirt

    This t-shirt is hand-made and unique, using high quality 100% cotton. This graphic print design is printed only on the front of the shirt. The color may not be the exact color as shown in

    • UPC: 202889704
    • Model: CBGB516JXXL
    • Color: NavyBlue
    • Size: 2X

  • Best Pocket Parks of Nyc: 9780615921037

    BEST Pocket Parks of NYC is for the adventurous traveler as well as the local intrigued by the 'little green spaces in the middle of the city.' There are over 520 privately owned public space

    • UPC: 53345069

  • RUN NYC Black Juniors Soft Tank Top

    This Old Glory design is printed on a 100% cotton, crew neck, soft, fitted, racerback tank top. Featuring the text "Run

    • UPC: 102335991
    • Color: Black
    • Size: LG

  • Energie NYC Juniors Heather Grey Short-Sleeve Scoop-Neck High-Low T-Shirt S

    MSRP: $16.00 ivory S - Juniors

    • UPC: 129050695
    • Color: ivoryOff-White
    • Size: S

  • Energie NYC Black Juniors Ruched Muscle Tee Large

    ENERGIE NYC NEW BLACK JUNIORS RUCHED MUSCLE TEE LARGE

    • UPC: 114727724
    • Color: Black
    • Size: L

  • RUN NYC Dark Heather Juniors Soft T-Shirt

    This Old Glory design is printed on a 100% cotton, crew neck, soft, fitted, short sleeve t-shirt. Featuring the text "Run

    • UPC: 138199679
    • Color: Gray
    • Size: XL

  • Energie NYC Juniors Grey Heather Cap-Sleeve Ruched Tee XL

    MSRP: $16.00 Grey XL Heather

    • UPC: 582748744
    • Color: Gray
    • Size: XL

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