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Pub. Date
2021
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Karen Brewer lives next door to Mrs. Porter, who wears long robes and has wild gray hair. Mrs. Porter has a black cat named Midnight and always seems to be working in her garden. Karen isn't supposed to spy on her neighbor, but she's determined to prove that Mrs. Porter is a witch named Morbidda Destiny! Mrs. Porter is getting ready to have a special meeting at her house, and Karen is sure the meeting is for witches. Are they going to cast a spell...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"For weeks, Lesley had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new neighbor. Since the house next door was the only other house in sight, she hoped the new tenant would also become a good friend. From the moment she saw him, she knew Cole Daniels was a mistake. His dark mesmerizing eyes didn't excuse his arrogance. His gentle concern for the wild deer in the woods out back didn't clear him of suspicion. There was something mysterious about the...
4) Doggone it!
Author
Series
Katie Kazoo switcheroo volume 8
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
When strict Mrs. Derkman moves next door to third-grader Katie Carew, scares her friends away, and insists she keep her dog, Pepper, on a leash, Katie finds a non-magical solution to the problem. Includes steps for teaching a dog to sit and stay.
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Small towns often hold the deepest secrets. Such is the case for Essie and her family. When a new woman moves next door to Essie, she is an immediate object of curiosity in the neighborhood. As the two women grow closer and Essie's friends disapprove, it starts to become clear that Isabelle's choice of neighborhood was no accident-- and her presence might bring even more secrets to light.
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Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm--or was, until a prudish neighbor, binoculars poised, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building. Police are summoned, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless, trapped at home, life looks bleak. Yes, her twin sister provides support and advice, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn't...
Author
Publisher
Debols¡llo
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon-- the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox,...
9) Just Grace
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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.
Series
Good Place volume 2
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place who doesn't know he's made a mistake, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome, or at least the pretty good, person within.
11) Penny wise
Author
Series
Windy City neighbors volume 3
Publisher
Castle Rock Creative
Pub. Date
[2014]
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
From Executive Producer Michael Schur comes a smart, unique new comedy about what makes a good person. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the...
14) Mouse in love
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Mouse searches high and low for his true love, only to find her right next door.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Something strange is happening on Goodie Lane... Thirteen-year-old Quinn Parker knows that there's something off about her neighbors. She calls them the Oldies because they've lived on Goodie Lane for as long as anyone can remember, but they never seem to age. Are they vampires? Or aliens? Or getting secret experimental surgeries? Or is Quinn's imagination just running wild again? If her dad were still around, he'd believe her. When he was alive,...
16) Pound foolish
Author
Series
Windy City neighbors volume 4
Publisher
Castle Rock Creative
Pub. Date
[2014]
17) Extra normal
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Charlie Greer is nothing special--at least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Investigations tracking down all things supernatural, alien, and otherwise unusual. Charlie's mom says her superpower is maturity--which doesn't really count. But...
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