Chapter 1
It was the middle of July and Noelle just moved in with her cousins in Queens. Her cousins had an apartment and offered for Noelle to move in with them from Germany. Noelle had dark, almost black hair, and bright gray eyes. She wasn't the tallest girl, but still she was very pretty.
"Is that the last of the trunks?" asked Margaret, the eldest cousin. She always had her hair up in a ponytail since she was so athletic.
"Ummm, yes, I'm pretty sure." shouted Noelle from the top of the stairs to Margaret who was in the kitchen. "What time will Ryan be back?"
"Uh, er, around 4ish. Being a newsie is hard work." answered Margaret.
Ryan was the youngest, he was 13 while Margaret was 17 and Noelle was 15. He was a Queens' newsie and knew all the leaders of the cities' newsies.
"Would you mind if I go out and walk around, Margaret?" Noelle asked wiping the sweat from her forehead as she was walking down the stairs.
"No, not at all. Go have fun, be crazy!" said an exaggerated Margaret. "Make sure you go to Manhattan, Ryan's there talking to Jack Kelly."
"Alright." Noelle left the apartment eager to explore the new city. New York was different than Germany, she still knew English, but her accent was still obvious.
As she guessed her way to Manhattan she took time to look around her new home. Noelle knew she was in Manhattan when she recognized a familiar face.