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"Instead of spending a carefree summer exploring downtown Boston with best friend Ollie, thirteen-year-old Moxie must solve a famous art heist in order to protect those she loves from her ailing grandfather's gangster past.

Discusses the rise of the American gangster including six famous gangsters: Al Capone, "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Sam Giancana, and John Gotti.

When his eight-year-old brother is killed in a drive-by shooting, Hispanic teenager Martin Luna is torn between his thirst for revenge and the pleas of his mother, teacher, and girlfriend for him to resist becoming a gangbanger.

Describes what a visitor to Chicago in 1929 would find to see and do, including providing references to famous gangster activities and haunts.

Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.

Tells the stories of some of history's most notorious gangsters, including James "Big Jim" Colosimo, Alphonse "Scarface" Capone, Ma Barker, and others.

The young and ambitious Capac Raimi arrives in the City where he encounters many exotic and mysterious dangers.

When she drops out of school and struggles to start a career on Broadway in the fall of 1950, seventeen-year-old Kit Corrigan accepts help from an old family friend, a lawyer said to have ties with the mob, who then asks her to do some favors for him.

Locke Lamora, a member of a group of orphans know for their wits and talent for thieving, finds himself pulled into the city's criminal underworld and struggles to free himself from the group before his life is destroyed.

Aspiring detective Charlies Oliver Jones takes a big risk when he agrees to protect a crime boss who has retired to Martha's Vineyard from an Amok--a seemingly suicidal killer--while at the same time preparing to play for the state football championship.

Provides short biographies of some of America's most infamous gangs and gangsters, describing the criminal actions of Jessie James, John Dillinger, John Gotti, Stanley Tookie Williams, and others.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries on the gangs and gangsters, from Jesse James to Al Capone and Sonny Barger, that have captivated the public and achieved the status of folk antiheros, covering bank robbers, Mafia members, drug kingpins, Western outlaws, and more.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of a gangster in Chicago during the 1920s.

After Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he is sent with his mother to live in the United States, but on the streets of Brooklyn, Midnight remains true to his beliefs while attempting to reclaim his former wealth and protect his family, while attracting the lustful attention of a number of women.

Provides an account of the life and activities of late Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, based on taped interviews with Sheeran, one of only two non-Italians to appear on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list, discussing his childhood, World War II service, and work as a hustler, hitman, and head of the Teamsters local in Wilmington, Delaware.