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Author
Language
English
Description
Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Good thing since as it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Who
23) St. Vincent
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong--but when he's run down by bullies at his new school,...
Author
Series
SpongeBob SquarePants chapter book volume 2
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
SpongeBob and Patrick Star are best of friends--until their annoying neighbor Squidward decides to interfere. But Squidward's plan to split up best friends might backfire on him in a big, hilarious way!
Publisher
Wownow Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The vast wetland paradise known as The Marsh is teeming with cute and curious insects and animals of all kinds. The Marsh is home to community. In this little colony, residents face a variety of challenges, but caring adventure, a dash of danger, a great deal of whimsy, and a strong sense of neighbors always come through when the going gets tough!
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books of Northern New York
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A simple act of kindness brings two unlikely friends together in this profound picture book about the transformative power of friendship. A bear sits in his quiet, colorless home in a forgotten place. He feels invisible; no one comes to see him, and he spends his days alone. Then someone moves in next door. Madame Odette is sound and sunshine, and at first, the bear isn't sure about this colorful new neighbor. But through an act of kindness, the bear...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door.
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