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Author
Language
English
Description
"Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Sunny Parker takes pride in her community at the Del Mar Garden Apartments, an affordable housing complex, but when an abandoned school in her neighborhood is proposed for new affordable housing, she discovers not everyone appreciates the community she calls home and becomes an advocate for her neighborhood.
3) The watcher
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lily Gullick, an avid bird watcher who's also been spying on her neighbors, sees something suspicious through her binoculars and soon her elderly neighbor is found dead. Can Lily really trust everything she sees?
4) Shared space
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Mouse liked having his own yard. There was never a stick out of place. There was room to stretch. Room to move. But when Pak-Rat moved in next door, Mouse realized two things: 1. A neighbor meant sharing the yard. 2. It was going to be a problem." --
Author
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Alexander Ventura is the ghost nose of the Barcelona fashion house Lladó. His talent, his charisma and his knowledge of perfumery have not been enough to keep his job. The president of the house has just warned him: either he creates a best-selling fragrance or he will be fired. He has three months to complete the task, a ridiculous deadline, but he will have help. Alma Trinidad is the new artistic director of Lladó's perfumery division. Mariano,...
6) Thorn tree
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Now in his late-sixties, Daniel lives in quiet anonymity in a converted guest cottage in the Hollywood Hills. A legendary artist, he's known for one seminal work-Thorn Tree-a hulking, welded, scrap metal sculpture that he built in the Mojave desert in the 1970s. The work emerged from tragedy, but building it kept Daniel alive and catapulted him to brief, reluctant fame in the art world. Daniel is neighbors with Celia, a charismatic but fragile actress....
Author
Series
Duck and Moose volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Moose loves peace and quiet, relaxing, living alone, and spring! He can't wait for the arrival of sun, flowers, and...a new neighbor?! Duck just landed himself a new home. He loves parties, karaoke, and living with—and on—Moose's head. Moose tries everything he can to send Duck away, but he soon finds that this persistent neighbor might just be the best thing spring could bring."--
8) Next door
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this wordless picture book, a Deaf child and his mother set out on a walk through their neighborhood. When they return home, they visit the family in the apartment next door who are newcomers to the country. A friendship blooms between the boy and his new neighbor, a young Syrian girl. Although they speak different languages, ASL and Arabic, they find a point of connection without using their voices. This tender tale about communication, connection...
Author
Series
Duck and Moose volume 2
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Moose loves playing astronaut. Imagining his helmet, his seatbelt, and rocketing off into space are his favorite things to do! One day, Moose invites Duck to play with him. But there’s just one problem—Duck doesn’t know how to use his imagination! Moose teaches him but soon becomes frustrated because Duck doesn’t play astronaut the “right” way. How will these friends learn how to work—and imagine—together?"--
10) A sure duke
Author
Series
McQuoids of Mayfair volume 3
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Proper lady of the ton and her slightly scandalous, intensely charming neighbor discover they have a lot in common during an unexpectedly magical night"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Mikako aims to take the world of fashion by storm but stumbles when love comes into season in this coming-of-age tale from the creator of Nana! Welcome to Happy Berry! No, this isn't a fruit stand, but the label dreamed up by aspiring fashion designer Mikako Koda. In her quest to make a name for herself in the fashion world, Mikako enters Yazawa Arts Academy, a prestigious art school, alongside her strictly platonic childhood friend Tsutomu. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn't adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter. But there's no way to avoid celebrating the big 4-0, so when her best friends drag her out for drinks and a tarot reading, she throws caution...
14) Rain!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
Description
As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Jo March está muy feliz por empezar la universidad. Este año su objetivo es vivir la experiencia a tope. Para ello, tiene claro que irá a todas las fiestas, conocerá a personas interesantes y se liará con quien quiera y cuando quiera. Solo se ha autoimpuesto una norma: no va a enamorarse, de eso ya ha tenido suficiente. Sobre el papel todo está claro, pero cuando empieza a poner en marcha el plan, sus ligues van de mal en peor. Y por si fuera...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"Desde pequeña, Leah ha vivido con akinetopsia, o cequera del movimiento. Nada se ha movido a su alrededor en los últimos veinte años. Su mundo suele transformarse en un abrir y cerrar de ojos: al parpadear, lo que se encuentre ante ella desaparece. Leah se orienta con la ayuda de un bastón por su barrio de Morningside Heights, en Manhattan. Para quienes la rodean es ciega, pero en realidad lo único que ella no puede ver es el movimiento. Leah...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
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