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Popular Paperbacks: Tales of the Cities

Block, Francesca Lia.  Missing Angel Juan.
Witch Baby goes to the Big Apple to find her boyfriend.  (YA Fic)

Burgess, Melvin.  Smack.
Britpunks on dope. (YA Fic)

Cross, Gillian.  Tightrope.
Tagging's her game. What's his name? And why is he following her? (YA Fic M)

Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks.
Garden transforms a neighborhood. (Juv Fic)

Fong-Torres, Ben.  The Rice Room: Growing up Chinese-American - From Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll.
From Oakland to Rolling Stone magazine. (921 F7326Ar)

Frank, Lucy.  Oy, Joy!
How many relatives does it take to help a girl get a date?  (YA Fic)

Hamill, Pete.  Snow in August.
In 1940's Brooklyn, a Irish-Catholic teen befriends a Rabbi.  (Fic)

Hinojosa, Maria.  Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa.
Latino voices - and it's all true.

Johnson, Stephen T.  Alphabet City.
City scenes.  ( j )

Levy, Marilyn.  Run for Your Life.
Kisha and her friends get on the right track team.  (YA Fic)

Mowry, Jess. Babylon Boyz.
Can you build your life on a suitcase of cocaine?  (YA Fic)

Myers, Walter Dean.  145th Street: Short Stories.
Ten stories, one block.  (YA Fic)

Rodriguez, Luis J.  Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days In L.A.
Passion and anger in Watts and East L.A.

Santiago, Esmeralda.  Almost a Woman.
Lives and loves of a Puerto Rican family.  (921 Sa598AAa)

Shusterman, Neal.  Downsiders.
Another world under the streets of New York City.  (YA Fic)

Sinclair, April.  Coffee Will Make You Black.
Growing up African American in 1960s Chicago, Stevie dreams of being cool.  (Fic)

Smith, Betty.  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
The classic story of a teenage girl in historic Brooklyn.  (YA Fic, Fic)

Soto, Gary.  Buried Onions.
Eddie drops out of junior college and tries to make it in Fresno.  (YA Fic)

Vizzini, Ned.  Teen Angst? Naaah... A Quasi-Autobiography.
Teen tells his own story. It's funny.

Whelan, Gloria.  Homeless Bird.
Within a year, a young Indian teen is married, widowed and abandoned.  (YA Fic)

Williams-Garcia, Rita.  Fast Talk on a Slow Track.
Young man sells candy door to door in Queens, New York.  (YA Fic)

Wolff, Virginia Euwer.  Make Lemonade.
Two teenagers, a mother and her babysitter, help each other move on.  (YA Fic)

Woodson, Jacqueline.  If You Come Softly.
Miah and Ellie explore New York City, and their feelings for each other.  (YA Fic)

Zindel, Paul.  Rats.
Mutant rats take over garbage landfill on Staten Island New York.  (YA Fic)

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