War and Watermelon is the story of a 12 year old boy in 1969. He is going through such hardships as the Vietnam War and the threat of his older brother getting drafted. And then there's the absolute terror of starting Middle School and having to deal with girls. But in the midst of all this, he and his brother go to the legendary Woodstock to see all the acts they have been listening to on the radio for so long. But what they take away from the concert is not the musical experience, but the love and hope they find there.
Thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels has been touring the small-small time Vaudeville circuit with her father, Nick the magician, ever since her mother died. For Hope, life on the circuit is full of laughs, freedom, and small profits. But Hope wants something else: a permanent home for her and Nick. So when Hope overhears her boss mention that he's going to fire her and Nick after their stop in Chicago, Hope can't believe her luck.
Lucky Luciano: the Real and Fake Gangster is a biography of the mobster who most people believe was the most notorious mafia boss of all time. But this book reveals that most of the stories of Luciano's great endeavors were just that: stories. Tim Newark takes the urban legends and pulls them apart to reveal the simple truth: that Luciano was a good mobster, but not the legend he is usually thought to be. He mainly attacks The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, the biography said to be taken straight from Luciano's own words.
It's a cold, bleak winter in Ireland, and April Latimer is gone. The question is, where? Phoebe Griffin, April's concerned friend, goes to her father, the somewhat unhinged but brilliant Doctor Quirke. She claims that April is missing and probably dead, although her only proof is that she hasn't seen April in over a week. Nonetheless, Quirke digs a little deeper and finds some disconcerting evidence and telling truths on the scandals of the well-to-do Catholics of Ireland.
The Peshik family moves into a very strange old house, which has tilting floors and writing all over the walls. Jake isnt sure if hell be able to live in such an eccentric house. How is he going to have friends over? But he and his little brother, Aaron, find out, through a few misadventures, that the house has a few secrets, such as the previous owners mysterious life and death and the things (other than the writing on the walls) that he left behind. And Jake comes to realize how cool his new house really is.
