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2) Death angel
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When the body of a young woman is discovered in Central Park, the clock begins ticking for Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace to find the killer who has breached this haven in the middle of New York City. Is the body found in the lake, under the unseeing gaze of the Bethesda angel, the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or is the case connected to other missing girls and women in years past whose remains have...
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At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex leading to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented--and not with happily-ever-after endings. An evil queen has doomed Prince Wendell to life as a dog. His quest to recapture the throne leads him through a portal to the mythical Tenth Kingdom--Central Park! With the help of ordinary mortals Virginia and Tony, he battles evil in a parallel universe of trolls, goblins...
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"Four thousand pounds of it. Uncut. Blanketing meadows and treetops. Knocking birds from the sky, dropping carriage horses to the pavement, and cutting a swath of death through the thousands of unsuspecting joggers, cyclists, and picnickers enjoying a summer afternoon in Central Park. So begins the war between Joaquín Alboroto, the most powerful drug lord on the planet, and his most hated enemy: the city of New York. But the only NYPD unit trained...
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c2004
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Eighty-one year old Nat Moyer is a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities. His daily companion on a bench in New York's Central Park is Midge Carter, a half-blind apartment house superintendent. Midge's approach to life is realistic and down-to-earth, making him the perfect foil for Nat. With vaudevillian flair, these appealing oldsters outrageously take on the world and its multiple...
8) Ida, always
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.
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[2008]
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This book takes the reader on an exploration of New York City's fabled park after the sun sets--a quest to learn what happens in the heart of a great city when night transforms it. An incredible amount of natural history on bird physiology, taxonomy, spiders, sunsets, moths and butterflies, skimmers, meteor showers, the scientific purpose of curiosity, and the nature of darkness.
14) Unraveling
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Chloe by Design volume 3
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[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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Having made it all the way through the Teen Design Diva auditions, sixteen-year-old Chloe Montgomery and her long-time rival, Nina, have arrived in New York where the rest of the competition will be filmed--and the contestants will face seven challenges, and the first takes them to the Central Park Zoo.
15) Inverno: a novel
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2024.
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"Caroline waited for fifteen minutes in the snow. After a little time had passed, she was simply waiting to see what would happen. It was entirely possible he would not come. If he did not come, she would be in a different story than the one she had imagined, but it was possible, she knew, to imagine anything. Inverno is a love story that stretches across decades. Inverno is also the story of Caroline, waiting in Central Park in a snowstorm for her...
18) Ruby's birds
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[2019]
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"Sometimes, an ordinary walk can become something ... magical! Tag along with Ruby as she discovers that even big cities have a wild side"--Back cover.
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2007
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In Cameron's search for the man with nothing, he found everything. Jake, a homeless man, calls all of Manhattan his home. Jake finds Cameron, a man down on his luck, sleeping in a tree in Central Park, and takes him under his wing. Jake teaches Cameron how to survive on the streets. But Jake's friendship with Cameron winds up threatening Jake's way of life, a life no one ever thought could possibly exist.