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2) Just Grace
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Just Grace volume 1
Language
English
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Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.
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English
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Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life ... if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.--Adapted from back cover.
4) Neville
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Language
English
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When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.
5) Blue Daisy
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A dirty, skinny dog shows up in Sam and Katie’s neighborhood. They start to follow it, and they don’t like what they see: the Wilson sisters yell at the dog because it is digging in their garden and the Tracy twins chase it on their bikes and throw things at it. Sam and Katie want the dog to know they’ll be its friends. They think it should have a name. Most of all, they want it to like them. But they make a big mistake, and after that, it’s...
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Vanderbeekers volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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As they look forward to the New York City Marathon in which their friend Mr. B. will run, the Vanderbeeker children learn that one of their good friends is homeless.
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Language
English
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Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
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Bow-Wow (Picture books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Bow-Wow, an expressive dog, tangles with some unruly neighbors in this wordless, spooky Halloween picture book"--
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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In this Chinese American retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," a careless Goldy Luck wreaks havoc on the home of a family of panda bears. She eats up the littlest panda's rice porridge, breaks his rocking chair, and rumples all the blankets on his futon. When Goldy takes responsibility for her actions, she makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!) just in time for Chinese New Year.
14) Zola's elephant
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A little girl hesitates to initiate a friendship with her new neighbor Zola because she imagines Zola is busy with another friend--an elephant.
15) Zen ties
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Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Stillwater the panda encourages Koo, Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.
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Series
Apartment house on Poppy Hill volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
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Mason Dixon volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all.
19) Backlash
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Christian, a boy she knows only through Facebook, posts a lot of nasty comments on her page, fifteen-year-old Lara tries to kill herself--but that is only the beginning of the backlash for her sister, Sydney; her former friend Bree; and her classmates.
20) Mouse & Giraffe
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mouse and Giraffe are neighbors, but because of their relative sizes, their experiences are very different, so they usually disagree; however, when Mouse catches cold, they find something they both agree on.
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