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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pinch is a pack rat who does not want to give up the prossessions that are cluttering his house, but when he finally is persauaded to sell them at a neiighborhood tag sale, he discivers the beauty of recycling. Includes tips on reducing, resuing, and recycling. .
82) Under the egg
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.
83) Ride beside me
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
A mother and son hop on their bike for a ride through the neighborhood, joining friends and neighbors along the way.
86) Bad neighbors
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
Anita and David Jamison's marriage is already in bad shape when Sue Hefferman, a domestic fanatic, moves in next door and attempts to take over the Jamison house, children, and husband, with horrifying results.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
88) Legacy Lane
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Angie Hunter reluctantly returns to Hart's Crossing after being passed over for a promotion at work and now her mother, recovering from surgery, has a chance to make a new connection with her estranged daughter.
90) Umami
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Trying to forget the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier, Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives in the heart of Mexico City, decides to plant a vegetable garden in her backyard, which prompts her neighbors to dig into their own pasts.
Author
Series
Gustav Gloom volume 4
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
While searching for their missing families, Gustav and Fernie discover a magical carousel that transports them to strange places.
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Melody, 1964 volume 2
A Melody classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 2
A Melody classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 2
Description
In 1964, ten-year-old African American singer Melody Ellison decides to fix up her Detroit neighborhood playground and plant a garden, but when her friends put her in charge, Melody finds out just how hard it can be to lead.
94) My neighborhood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce the friendly people in the neighborhood.
Author
Series
Nikki and Deja volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When Nikki and her best friend, Deja, start a newsletter about what is happening on their street and in their school, they focus more on writing exciting stories than on finding the truth.
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Description
England, 1976. Mrs. Creasy is missing and the Avenue is alive with whispers. The neighbors blame her sudden disappearance on the heat wave, but ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly aren't convinced. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, the girls decide to take matters into their own hands. Inspired by the local vicar, they go looking for God--they believe that if they find Him they might also find Mrs. Creasy and bring her home. Spunky, spirited Grace and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
"Three children must defeat a mysterious doctor who builds an irresistible and dangerous playground in their neighborhood and then uses his power to heal children who get injured--stealing some of their life essence in the process"--
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Description
"In the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Joseph 'Ziggy' Johnson reflects on his life. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Ziggy had been the pulse of Detroit's famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city's African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he was also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era. In his hospital...