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- Location(s): The Bronx
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 1990s
Angela Campanosi fled her home in the Italian-American enclave of Pelham Bay, the Bronx, after an accident left her brother, Jimmy, an up-and-coming actor, paralyzed. Now, ten years later, on the eve of Jimmy’s wedding, anti-war activist Angela returns...
- Location(s): The Bronx, China, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
- Location(s): The Bronx
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 1988
The year is 1988 and reporter Matt Brady of The Bronx Ledger is trying hard to get out of both his native borough and the dead-end job he’s stuck in, writing for a weekly newspaper. When he’s sent to...
- Location(s): The Bronx, Portland (Oregon)
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Hi, my name is Juliet Palante. I’ve been reading your book Raging Flower: Empowering Your Pussy by Empowering Your Mind. No lie, I started reading it so that I could make people uncomfortable on the subway. But I’m writing...
- Location(s): Nigeria, The Bronx
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic voice to highlight an often taboo practice that affects millions of girls around the world every year, and to explore a perspective not often...
The Education of Margot Sanchez
- Location(s): The Bronx
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the courage to question everything you ever thought you wanted–from debut author Lilliam Rivera. Things/People...