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| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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251009s2025 nyua e 000 1 eng d |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2025937227 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593686768 (trade pbk.) |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) a518964 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
OQX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
OQX |
| Modifying agency |
OQX |
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HBP |
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IUK |
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SYY |
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OCLCO |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-il |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Van Alst, Theodore C., |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The El / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2025. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
176 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A novel"--Cover. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"An ordinary day in August 1979 dawns hot and humid in Chicago. Teenager Teddy is living with his dad after being kicked out of his mom's house due to his gang activity. But Teddy has thrived in the Simon City Royals, and today, he'll be helping to lead a posse of the group's younger members south across the city to Roosevelt High School to attend a gathering of gangs forming "the Nation"--a bold new attempt at joining forces across racial lines. This holds particular importance for Teddy, as his branch's only Indigenous member. But when the meeting breaks up in gunshots and police sirens, Teddy must guide the Royals back across hostile territory, along secret routes and back alleys, and stop by stop on the thundering tracks of the El. In the face of violence from rival gangs and a secret Judas in the Royals' ranks, Teddy is armed only with a potent combination of book smarts and street smarts, and by the guiding spirit of Coyote, who has granted him the power to glimpse a future only he may survive to see. Immersed in the sights, sounds, and smells of the author's beloved city, The El will transport you to that singular sun-and blood-soaked day in Chicago. It is a love letter to another time, to a city, and to a group of friends trying to find their place and make their way in a world that doesn't want them."--Publisher. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Multiracial teenagers |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Gangs |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nineteen seventies |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Railroads, Elevated |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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F VAN 314 |
