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Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lucy and her little brother, Zach, collect unusual and commonplace items from the park. Their neighbors are impressed when they set up a natural history museum in the basement of their apartment building, hoping that Mrs. Blankenship will not find out and spoil their fun.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 5
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
At 44 Scotland Street, six-year-old Bertie seeks escape in the Cub Scouts; Matthew rises to the challenge of married life; Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual; and Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lucy and Zach set up a yoga studio in the basement of their apartment building using potted plants from the lobby, door mats taken from various neighbors, and their very limited knowledge of yoga, on a day when snooty Mrs. Blankenship is giving her book club a tour.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Meet Darryl Graham, or as his new neighbors in Jamaica, Queens call him, The Man in 3B. He is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be, so inquiring minds want to know. Unfortunately, in Darryl's world, what you know can hurt you, and when he winds up dead, those inquiring minds become the prime suspects"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fate is on its way to the tenants of 66 Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change lives ... One of them is falling in love; another is torn between two lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have called apartment 2B home across the decades are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her young daughter alone; a man waiting on a green card marriage to run its course so that he can divorce his wife and marry...
29) Saha: a novel
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang, Nam-Joo returns with this haunting account of a neglected housing complex in the shadows of Town: a former fishing village bought out by a massive conglomerate. Town is prosperous and safe-but only if you're a citizen with "valuable skills and assets," which the residents of Saha Estates are not. Disenfranchised and tightlipped, the Saha are forced into harsh labor, squatting in...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Carla Roberts lives alone in the top of a highrise building, frightened by the sound of the lift stopping and opening on her floor, with nobody getting out. Days later, she's found brutally murdered. Meanwhile Samson Segal, an unemployed thirty-something, has taken to spying on his neighbors, particularly the beautiful and successful Gillian Ward. When Gillian's daughter comes home to an empty, locked house, Samson takes her in but finds himself venting...
Author
Series
Maison Ikkoku volume 15
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Godai finally gets the courage to break up with Kozue and confess his love to Kyoto, but between his family, friends and his exams, the interruptions keep getting in the way. Will he ever be able to propose?
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When Godai misses an important job interview with Ibuki Yagami's father, Ibuki runs to the Maison Ikkoku and refuses to leave until her father helps Godai get a job. Then, Coach Mitaka's life gets a lot more complicated because of a few lost dogs.
33) Maison Ikkoku: 9
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Yusaku gets serious about looking for a job, but only Kyoko believes him when he talks about his future. First he gets a job waiting tables, but finally lands a student teaching position that soon has a googly-eyed student moving into his life and, very sneakily, his apartment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Since the beginning, Coach Mitaka's chances with Kyoko have been hampered by his fear of dogs. To rid himself of his phobia, he isolates himself, promising to return as a new man. But will he return in time to win Kyoko's heart or will he have to be content with Asuna and her pack of dogs?
Author
Series
Maison Ikkoku volume 14
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Godai, part-time baby sitter and struggling student that he is, moves into the strip club where he works so he can find some peace for studying. Back at Ikkoku, Coach Mitaka now has a chance to make a move on Kyoko, but a pregnancy scare with Asuna may foil his plans.
Author
Series
Maison Ikkoku volume 13
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Godai has to scramble for a job after being laid off from teaching. He embarks on a career in public relations at a strip club. When one of the hostesses takes off without her children, he finds himself playing daddy to a little girl and a little boy.
37) The Heights
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn't know it existed if you weren't standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that's when you see a man up there -- a man you'd recognize anywhere. He may be older now, but it's definitely him. But that can't be because he's been dead for over two years. You know this for a fact. Because you're the one...
Author
Series
Maison Ikkoku (VIZ Signature) volume 10
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Yusaku Godai has started his first job out of college as a part-time helper at Sweet Acorn Nursery School. Unfortunately he's not making enough money to pay rent, so he starts tutoring again. When Ibuki Yagami hears this, she decides it's the perfect opportunity to get Godai to spend some time with her..."--Cover flap.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Una serie delirantemente divertida. Únete a las aventuras de la comunidad de vecinos más loca y chismosa que puedas imaginar. Porque todo es mejor cuando estamos... Juntos y revueltos. ¿Quién es Julian Bale, el hombre que vive en el ático del 13 de la calle Cortázar, y por qué nunca se deja ver? Esa es la pregunta que atormenta a los chismosos de su comunidad de vecinos. Incluida a Matty, que, aunque no vive en el edificio, conoce la expectación...
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