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4) Smoky night
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
8) Roof octopus
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Nora is the first to notice a very large octopus on top of her apartment building, which proves to be a very good neighbor but leaves all too soon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bo decides to ring the doorbell of the spooky house on Spring Street, he does not expect to discover an opportunity to learn about treating neighbors with kindness and friendship.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Edmond Bigsnout, a lone wolf, sets out to satisfy his craving for a city rabbit, his efforts are foiled by apartment dwellers who think he is a new neighbor.
12) Holes in the sky
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old John "Houdini" Smith tries to write a book about what is happening in his life, from his parents' worries about money and his brother in Iraq, to his new understandings of people while he and his friends rake lawns in their East Side Providence, Rhode Island neighborhood.
16) Look up!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a girl in a wheelchair calls to people far below to look up and see her, one finds a way to brighten her day.
17) Cold turkey
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A bundled-up turkey gives away pieces of its own winter clothing to chilly animal friends"--
18) I know Sasquatch
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book relates an encounter with Bigfoot--a neighbor who, it turns out, is a perfect gentleman, not the monster of imagination.