Books with title Somewhere in the Bronx

Toddy Bethany is a 13 year- old who lives with her divorced, somewhat religious, and a strict mother and a younger brother. Her mother, Polly, refuses to let her late-night or other privileges like children her age. As a result of this, Toddy sneaks out of the house when her mother goes to work at night. She goes to bars, lies about her age, and flirts with men. At one such place, she meets a patron who tried to kill her. A 28-year-old man named Norman Easter, a Vietnam veteran rescues her. Toddy lies about her age and falls in love with him. As the relationship develops, she discovers a terrifying secret about Norman. The setting is in the united states in the spring of 1968 in the Bronx, New York. It was a turbulent year in the country. There were two assassinations within sixty days and riots.

Secrets hide in the fog—secrets Sophia must unravel if she hopes to survive. A ghostly child and a violent gang of rumrunners invade the listless New England town of Stony Harbor, which is quietly bleeding to death as the Great Depression and Prohibition suck away its vitality. Sophia finds herself struggling to unravel a supernatural mystery while trying to fight off the very real, and very deadly, bootleggers who want to silence her.This book is perfect for fans of Janet Taylor Lisle, Black Duck, Mary Downing Hahn, Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story, and Richard Peck’s A River Between Us.

There’s no escaping the spirits of Stony Harbor.Sophia Keegan is fourteen years old in 1930s Massachusetts. She likes the dark and she craves adventure and freedom from social constraints. But when she meets a ghostly child on a beach and stumbles onto a dangerous bootlegging gang, it isn’t long before she’s fighting to save her family and her sanity.Now Sophia must protect her family from the deadly gang of rumrunners who will stop at nothing to silence her. And she must uncover the riddle of the ghostly child that haunts her dreams and invades her thoughts before it is too late—before the rumrunners kill her or the ghost drives her to madness.This book is perfect for fans of Janet Taylor Lisle, Black Duck, Mary Downing Hahn, Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story, and Richard Peck’s A River Between Us.

Though Everly Sayers makes every effort to be friendly to new student Roone Thorsen, he doesn't actually acknowledge her until he needs help with physics. Tall and a little on the teddy-bear side physically speaking, Roone falls somewhere in the middle when it come to the guys in her senior class, words actually imprinted on the black cause bracelet he wears.Turns out they have more than seventh period study hall in common. They're both avoiding dating if for different reasons. Since the best way to deter wannabe suitors is to be involved in a real relationship, they decide to fake one even if it means they'll have to show up at the Christmas dance as a couple.That night is an eye opener for Everly on several levels. First of all, Roone is quite a sight in his tux, which shows off his muscular frame instead of camouflaging it the way his boxy casual clothing does. Second, the kiss they share just for show somehow rocks her world. And third, with a flick of a finger, Roone mysteriously maneuvers a rogue chandelier that crashes to the crowded floor, saving a lot of dancers in the process. Or did he? Not quite believing her eyes, which suddenly have hearts in them, Everly is reluctant to admit that Roone is not only as far from somewhere in the middle as possible, he just might be out of this world.

Since turning twelve, Victory hardly recognizes his life. His old friends have deserted him for new ones in middle school. He's too bored to sit still and concentrate, but when he tries to outrun his restlessness, his body feels sluggish and clumsy. His brain's all haywire, too, stubbornly doubting every truth he's been told to trust. His busy family ignores him more than ever, and he yearns to know his true purpose in the universe. He thinks maybe he'd like to help people, or even be somebody's hero. But whose? And how? He wishes he could travel out beyond the stars to The Blue Somewhere, a friendly, less confusing place where he's sure to find adventure and discover the the answers to all his questions. Then one day at school, a kid knocks Victory flat on the concrete walkway. After struggling to his feet, he finds himself alone with strangers in an odd new world. Now, light years away from Earth's sensible physical laws and age-old beliefs, Victory is called upon to grapple with challenges more wrenching than any he's ever imagined.

Secrets hide in the fog—secrets Sophia must unravel if she hopes to survive. A ghostly child and a violent gang of rumrunners invade the listless New England town of Stony Harbor, which is quietly bleeding to death as the Great Depression and Prohibition suck away its vitality. Sophia finds herself struggling to unravel a supernatural mystery while trying to fight off the very real, and very deadly, bootleggers who want to silence her.This book is perfect for fans of Janet Taylor Lisle, Black Duck, Mary Downing Hahn, Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story, and Richard Peck’s A River Between Us.

Though Everly Sayers makes every effort to be friendly to new student Roone Thorsen, he doesn't actually acknowledge her until he needs help with physics. Tall and a little on the teddybear side physically speaking, Roone falls somewhere in the middle when it come to the guys in her senior class, words actually imprinted on the black cause bracelet he wears. Turns out they have more than seventh period study hall in common. They're both avoiding dating if for different reasons. Since the best way to deter wannabe suitors is to be involved in a real relationship, they decide to fake one even if it means they'll have to show up at the Christmas dance as a couple. That night is an eye opener for Everly on several levels. First of all, Roone is quite a sight in his tux, which shows off his muscular frame instead of camouflaging it the way his boxy casual clothing does. Second, the kiss they share just for show somehow rocks her world. And third, with a flick of a finger, Roone mysteriously maneuvers a rogue chandelier that crashes to the crowded floor, saving a lot of dancers in the process. Or did he? Not quite believing her eyes, which suddenly have hearts in them, Everly is reluctant to admit that Roone is not only as far from somewhere in the middle as possible, he just might be out of this world.