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Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
5) The protest
Author
Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Lily and her friends organize a protest in order to save their neighborhood public garden from being demolished"--
6) C.R. Mudgeon
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Hedgehog C. R. Mudgeon, who is used to having everything exactly the same every day, has some adjusting to do when a lively new neighbor moves into the tree next door.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
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.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It's Hanukkah, and Max and Rachel are excited to light the menorah in their family's new apartment. But, unfortunately, their Hanukkah box is missing. So now they have no menorah, candles, dreidels, or, well, anything! Luckily, their neighbors are happy to help, offering thoughtful and often humorous stand-in items each night. And then, just as Hanukkah is about to end, Max and Rachel, inspired by the shamash ("helper") candle, have a brilliant idea:...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
12) Who's next door?
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Chicken has a new neighbor! But why is he never around? With dogged determination and a flurry of letters, Chicken solves the mystery of his always-absent next-door neighbor."--Front jacket flap.
13) Zola's elephant
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"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) Max + Xam
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's Play Inc
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Max and Xam are the very best of friends - until they fall out over who is more popular! Determined to prove the other wrong, their exploits bring new meaning to the phrase 'making friends.' A hilarious and delightfully far-fetched story about the meaning and value of real friendship."--Back cover.
16) The goat
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Kid and her family move to an apartment building in New York City, whose eccentric residents include a skateboarding fantasy writer, a guinea pig hoarder, and possibly a goat who lives on the roof.
17) The Bolds
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 1
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
18) Tiny infinities
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Angry that her father has left, twelve-year-old Alice swears that she will live in her family's old Renaissance tent until he agrees to return; but after she meets her mute four-year-old neighbor Piper she finds herself becoming involved in the child's life--and when she hears the little girl speak a word for the first time in years she sets out to prove to Piper's parents that the dismal diagnosis they received for their daughter may be all wrong....
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pandas next door with a plate of turnip cakes, but the pandas are out and disaster follows. Includes a recipe for turnip cakes and an explanation of Chinese New Year.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The bunnies upstairs are thrilled to find out that rats have moved into the first-floor apartment. But when other neighbors discover the news, excitement soon turns to jitters, panic, and worse! As the residents descend the stairs to investigate, the rats prepare a yummy dessert. Will all of the animals make the rats leave, or can fear be conquered with delicious, homemade cake? -- from Amazon.
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