Seattle: Hara Publishing Group, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - This engrossing novel tells the story of one woman's determination to find a better life in the US, giving a dimension to the immigrant's life not often seen. The protagonist, Anya Fishman, orphaned during World War II, suffering a life of deprivation as a woman and mother, flees the Soviet Union with her daughter to find a better life in the United States. Includes a Russian glossary, 474 pp. ISBN: 0-971072485.

New York: Feiwel & Friends (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical fiction for older children and young adults. "In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge." Illustrated by Chris Sheban, including 4 pp in full color bound in at end of book. 229 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0312378868.

New York: The Viking Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (the first was nominated for an Edgar) - "a tough, sexy, brilliant new crime thriller .. that takes the reader on a highly entertaining tour of New York City's sleazier side. Kate Piro was born in Odessa, Russia, but now lives in Brighton Beach, a neighborhood so heavily Russian its residents call it 'Little Odessa.' " 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670819549.