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101) Hope in the valley
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul deals with change, grief, friendship, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.
102) My way to you
Author
Series
Creek Canyon volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When a wildfire nearly destroys Parker Sinclair's family home, it's just one more disaster to add to her mountain of stress. For the past two years, she has shouldered the responsibility of raising her younger brother and sister after their parents' untimely deaths. Forced to leave college for a crappy job that barely pays the bills, Parker manages her family property, which consumes every aspect of her life. Now winter is coming and the forecast...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb. Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Daniel and his family love spending time outside in their neighborhood. Daniel learns about swimming safely at the beach and visits the Enchanted Garden to pick strawberries. When a windstorm makes a mess of the neighborhood playground, Daniel and his friends work together to clean up.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life--except when there's a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora's dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the...
108) Bodega cat
Author
Publisher
POW!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspective of a spunky bodega-dwelling cat name Chip, this picture book story describes the ins and outs of a bustling neighborhood market filled with interesting friends, great food, hard work, and lots of fun.
109) Alabaster shadows
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Carter Normandy knows there's something weird about the neighborhood he and his family move into. Maybe it's the physics-defying leak in the basement, or the way all the adults seem to look down on kids like they're scum. With the help of his new friends, Carter discovers a whole other world alongside his seemingly normal community-a world filled with terrifying monsters. A world the adults of the community already know all about. Now it's up to Carter...
111) Pride
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street,...
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Get your webs ready! Spidey, Ghost-Spider and Miles leap into action in this collection of all-new adventures that include their Super Hero friends Black Panther, Hulk, and Ms. Marvel! My First Comics Readers are written for children who are reading on their own. The stories feature easy-to-follow layouts and grade-appropriate text."--
113) Dusk explorers
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's that special time of evening, when the hours and the possibilities seem endless as sunlight is fading to dusk. A buzz of excitement and wonder takes over the neighborhood ... what outdoor adventures await? Join a diverse group of suburban kids as they dash and dodge in classic street games, like tag and kick-the-can, and reconnect with nature's simple pleasures of catching frogs, hunting fireflies, and climbing trees. These explorers play, laugh,...
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood. This new edition includes a foreword by Baldwin's nephew Tejan "TJ" Karefa-Smart and an afterword by his...
115) The neighbour
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A new home. A new start. It's all the Lockwoods want. And on The Avenue, a leafy street in an Essex town near the sea, it seems possible. But what if what they want isn't what they get? On their moving-in day they arrive to a media frenzy. A serial killer has struck in the woods behind The Avenue. The police are investigating. And the neighbours quite clearly have secrets. With their dream quickly turning into a nightmare, the Lockwoods are watching...
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Jayden loves the outdoors, but his mother is nervous about him playing in their neighborhood. With the help of his neighbor Mr. Curtis, can Jayden help Mama see that nature and beauty are all around?"--
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Alejandria rallies her family and community to fight and save their neighborhood from rising rent prices and evictions.
Para Alejandria de nueve años, el hogar no es sólo el apartamento que comparte con Mami y su abuela, Tita, sino más bien todo el barrio. El hogar es la panadería donde la Sra. Beatrice hace unos ricos picos; la vereda donde la Sra. Alicia vende flores con su perrito, Duende; y la pulpería con el amistoso Sr. Amir....
119) Summer longing
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ruth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for her forever home. After years of hard work and making peace with life's disappointments, Ruth is looking forward to a carefree summer of solitude. But when she finds a baby girl abandoned on her doorstep, Ruth turns to her new neighbors for help and is drawn into the drama of the close-knit community. The appearance...
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a biochemist-turned-coffee-shop-owner in denial about his divorce and grieving his stillborn daughter. Chemicals killed their child, leaching from a type of plant the government is hiding in Black neighborhoods. Kenny's coping mechanisms are likewise chemical and becoming more baroque--from daily injections of lethal snake venom to manufacturing designer drugs. As his grief turns corrosive, it taints every person he touches....
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