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Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 51
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica. Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world's richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain's beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping...
562) The race underground: Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Description
"In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City--pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on. The competition...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Appears on list
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Professor Serena Zabin draws on original sources and lively stories to follow British troops as they are dispatched from Ireland to Boston in 1768...
Author
Series
Ghostly graphic adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While on a school field trip, Joey and Tank encounter a ghostly captain aboard a historical ship and, upon their return that night, travel through time and become involved in the Boston Tea Party.
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Back Story: When Spenser tries to solve a thirty-year-old murder as a favor to an old friend, the lack of clues and the fact that an FBI intelligence report is missing force Spenser to reach out in every direction - to his old friend's estranged hippie father; to Vinnie Morris and the mob; to the mysterious Ives - and test his resourcefulness and courage.
Widow's Walk: Spenser is back, this time to investifgate the murder of a prominent local banker...
569) Johnny Tremain
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The story of the American patriots who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
Author
Series
At the heels of history volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Filigree the Pomeranian, the smallest dog in Boston, and nine-year-old Frances Revere help her father, Paul Revere, on his mission to warn colonists that British soldiers are coming in 1775. Includes historical notes.
571) The Scarlet Letter
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of The scarlet letter, a tale of forbidden love, shame, and revenge.