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1) Black Duck
Author
Language
English
Description
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
4) Iron cast
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their 'afflicted' blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in." --
6) Transparent
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Fiona O'Connell is the world's first invisible girl, which makes her the ideal weapon for her crime-lord father. But now, she and her mother have escaped and are hiding out in a small town where they're determined to start a normal life."--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sally Ratmousen, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Rat and Geronimo Stilton's biggest journalistic rival, mysteriously disappears one afternoon on the way to her car after work. Her ace reporter, Simon Squealer, shows up at Geronimo's door with the troubling news... and reveals that notorious mobster Barry the Moustache is behind her disappearance. Is he telling Geronimo the truth or is this fake news? If it's a hoax just to generate headlines, Geronimo...
9) Boy 21
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
Author
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she has the surprising ability to become invisible.
12) Pike
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When two brothers Nicky and Kenny see a golden glint at the bottom of the pond, they're desperate to get it, and the cash they think will come with it, until local gangsters get involved"--
13) The bad kid
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, eleven-year-old Claudeline Feng LeBernardin hopes to take over the "family business" previously run by her mobster grandfather, but first she must try to uncover a local scam artist and salvage her friendship with her best friend and partner in crime, Fingerless Brett." --
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Instead of spending a carefree summer exploring downtown Boston with best friend Ollie, thirteen-year-old Moxie must solve a famous art heist in order to protect those she loves from her ailing grandfather's gangster past. Includes facts about the 1990 Gardner Museum art theft.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In 1925, after witnessing the violent actions of some gangsters, twelve-year-old Emily accompanies her older sister on a trip to a luxurious hotel on the New Jersey shore but worries that the gangsters have come to the same hotel. Includes historical notes on the time period.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery." --
17) Moonshine
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"To keep food on the table during the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Cub helps his widower father illegally distill and sell moonshine, despite Prohibition. However, their relaxed business is interrupted when a gangster named Salvatore arrives and offers a once-in-a-lifetime distribution deal to Cub's father. Eager for a safer lifestyle, Cub decides to interfere with the gangster's negotiations and end the deal. However, this broken arrangement...
18) Boy 21
Author
Publisher
Anaya
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
19) The lost ninja
Author
Series
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"You trained in Japan to become a powerful ninja, and now your skills are needed in San Francisco. You are far from the magical dojo you once called home. But has the dojo's strange curse followed you into your new life? You recognize ruthless gangsters you've crossed paths with before. Did they follow you here? You hear rumors that priceless antiques are making their way along the same route you just traveled--will the thefts be blamed on you?"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him 'the Immortal Dragon'. But one day he walked away from it all to walk another path--the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!"--Provided by publisher.
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