Crossing Into Brooklyn
Crossing Into Brooklyn by Mary Ann Mcguigan is a young adult fiction novel published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on June 1, 2015. This 224-page book follows the journey of sixteen-year-old Morgan Lindstrum, who appears to lead a privileged life but feels neglected by her busy parents. After the death of her grandfather, Morgan uncovers family secrets that lead her to Brooklyn, where she seeks the truth about her heritage and the realities of those living in poverty.
In her quest for answers, Morgan meets Terence Mulvaney, her estranged grandfather, who introduces her to the struggles faced by residents of his condemned tenement building. The narrative explores themes of family, social issues, and the impact of privilege, as Morgan grapples with her identity and the stark contrast between her life and the lives of those around her. As she confronts these challenges, Morgan must decide whether to turn away from the uncomfortable truths she discovers or embrace the responsibility that comes with understanding her past.
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To Find Your Future, You Have to Face Your Past
She knows what her parents told her. Now she wants the truth.
At sixteen, Morgan Lindstrum has the life that every other girl wants–at least from the outside. A privileged only child, she has everything she could ever want, except her parents’ attention. A Princeton physicist and a high-powered executive, they barely have any time for each other, much less for Morgan.
Then her beloved grandfather dies, depriving Morgan of the only stable figure in her life. If that’s not enough, she suddenly finds out he was never her grandfather at all. To find out the truth about her family, Morgan makes her way to Brooklyn, where she meets Terence Mulvaney, the Irish immigrant father who her mother disowned. Morgan wants answers; but instead of just satisfying her curiosity, Mulvaney shows her the people in his condemned tenement building, who are suffering and have nowhere to go.
He challenges her to help them, by tearing away the veil of shame, and showing her wealthy parents and her advantaged circle of friends a world they don’t want to know exists. The temptation to walk away from this ugly reality, as her mother did, is strong. But if she does, can Morgan ever really leave behind what she learned when she crossed into Brooklyn?
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