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Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Fountas & Pinnell
O
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
We had no warning that she'd come back. Hollow's Edge used to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow's Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the headmaster credited with turning around the local school, Tom Fitzwilliam is beloved by one and all--including Joey Mullen, his new neighbor, who quickly develops an intense infatuation with this thoroughly charming yet unavailable man. Joey thinks her crush is a secret, but Tom's teenaged son Freddie--a prodigy with aspirations of becoming a spy for MI5--excels in observing people and has witnessed Joey behaving strangely around his father....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...
7) Nemesis
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Roth's "Nemesis" is the story of a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a closely knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children.
8) Seedfolks
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled, inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.
9) Hurricane
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a devastating hurricane, a young boy asks for help rebuilding the neighborhood dock, his favorite place in the world, but finds that his neighbors need help first.
10) Dream Street
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Fountas & Pinnell
O
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Real-life cousins pay gorgeous homage to the street they grew up on and the loving community that made their childhood special"--
12) Big little lies
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
Author
Series
Mary had a little glam volume 2
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fashion-forward Mary is known for adding flair everywhere she goes. When she spots an abandoned lot in her neighborhood, Mary knows she can use her stylish talent to spruce it up. Soon she's rallying neighborhood shops and calling on her friends to help. With Mary leading the way, this group carries out her little plan that has a big impact on her community!" --
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu'er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life."--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Grandma Addy's memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, Angel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who's headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans--a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter--raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly...
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