Manhattan

ManhattanBy: C. N. Phillips Series: Carl Weber's Five Families of New York The gritty tales of New Yorks Five Families returns for its fifth installment. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Caesar King feels weighted to the ground. The Five Families are in complete disarray, and Caesar realizes too late that stepping down was the wrong thing to do. Its up to him to make the puzzle whole again. But when another war comes to their doorsteps and a past

conversation and each other

Smarties Gold Prize and the Carnegie Medal

but they’re haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen

Scott and his roommate become fast friends

becomes caught up in a dangerous mission to recover the elixir — a mysterious artifact that could restore magic and defeat the corporations once and for all

Pike maintains a forced stoicism

this spectacularly stupid family is stumped

”—Mary Alice Monroe

In Ages of American Capitalism

and to all of the immigrant families who have struggled

“Readers will be captivated … A magical

who knows what games are in store