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2) Windows
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Walking his dog at dusk, a boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in the lit windows along his route through the neighborhood.
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Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. On the surface, William Wooler is a family man. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn't...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the young narrator's house, there is laughter, games, fun, and love! Mom and Dad teach the children to bake together. They all spend time singing or just talking quietly. And the children learn to say 'I'm sorry' and how to clean up after playtime is done. In every house, on every street there is laughter and tears. There are friends. There is family. And there is love."--Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's the perfect neighborhood, filled with not-so-perfect people. Alyson Tinsdale is giving her son the childhood she never had: a stable family, loving home, and a great school in a safe neighborhood. When they move into the home of her dreams in one of Denver's most sought-after developments, Alyson works hard to fit in and impress the other mothers. Bonnie Sloan is the neighborhood matriarch. With her oldest son headed to Yale, and her youngest...
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Series
Mary had a little glam volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
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!" --
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"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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Series
Sparky Smart from Priory Park volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
If you ever thought that yours was the only odd family or neighbourhood, you're about to discover that every community has its quirks, but in the end no amount of misdemeanours or mishaps can get in the way of the unconditional love of a family. Meet the Smarts - a normal family who know just how many hilarious ways there are for everyday life to go wrong. Whether they're dealing with difficult family members, trying to help each other out of sticky...
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Series
Sparky Smart from Priory Park volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Every family has its quirks and Sparky's is no different. The Smart family are here with tales of everday hilarity, as they look to God, and the quick-thinking Sparky, to help them out of their various misadventures. This time, Sparky gets stuck in a strange house, everybody's pestering Stanley about his pants and Grandad's been let loose in a motorbike shop. What could possibly go wrong?
11) I see you see
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jonah tags along when Maise takes the dog, Tinker, out, and he turns their walk into an exercise in imagination.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When a demon from Holly Weldon's past threatens to consume everything she values, she must find the strength to fight for those she loves. Holly has just relocated to an idyllic suburb with her husband Mike and infant Clare. The quiet, peaceful street is the farthest thing imaginable from the aftermath of violence Holly encountered in her work as a forensic pathologist. But as the family settles into their new home, a strange sense of foreboding moves...
14) Dear Street
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alice loves her neighborhood. She loves the maples trees and marigolds and the colorful balconies on her street. But -- "grumble, grumble, more construction" -- it seems not everyone does. "Poor street," says Alice, then she has an idea. "Dear Street ..." she begins to write, and when she's finished writing her love letter, she hides it for someone to find. A grumpy neighbor discovers the anonymous letter and her mood brightens. As the seasons pass,...
17) Night walk
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl can't sleep one night, her dad asks if she'd like to go for a walk. They tiptoe through the silent house and step out into the dark. "--
Author
Series
Paige proves it volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong...
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