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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A new mother struggling with profound depression in the aftermath of her first child's birth hides the truth about her unhappiness before forging a friendship with an unpopular single mother and renter who chose to move to the community for a secret purpose.
6) Swan song
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious and overly extravagant Richardsons, social mayhem ensues in the tight-knit Nantucket community, but when their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island must save the day—and their way of life.
7) Just Grace
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Wildwater Walking Club volume 1
Language
English
Description
Three women who are neighbors share their struggles with unfaithful men, rebellious children, and parental expectations while taking long walks near their homes on Wildwater Way.
9) Ivy + Bean
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Counting the handful of visible stars she can see from her yard, a young activist investigates her grandfather's claims that thousands of stars were visible before pollution and tries to convince her neighbors to turn off their lights for just one night.
12) The whispers
Author
Language
English
Description
When their picture-perfect hostess explodes in fury because her son disobeys her and then he falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night, three women grapple with what led to that terrible night as his life hangs in the balance.
17) The hubbub above
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sydney's new elephant neighbors make a lot of noise upstairs, but she does not mind as much after she is invited to their parties.
Author
Series
The Brown sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Emerging from a life-threatening illness, a fiercely organized but unfulfilled computer geek recruits a mysterious artist to help her establish meaning in her life, before finding herself engaged in reckless but thrilling activities.
Author
Language
English
Description
Starting a new life in New York, Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, moves into a beautiful penthouse where she forms an instant connection with her movie-star next-door neighbor over their strong impulse to help those in need after a devastating crisis strikes the city.
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