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When I was the greatest

2014
Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

This side of home

2015
Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted.

A man called Ove

a novel
2014
When a new, chatty, young couple and their two daughters move in next door, Ove's well-ordered, solitary world turns upside down.

The Rule of Three

2015
A teen's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout.

Finding Mr. Brightside

2015
Abram and Juliette have lived down the street from each other all their lives but had no connection until Juliette's mother and Abram's father had an affair that ended in a deadly car crash, then a year later, the teens begin a tentative relationship while picking up their prescription medications.

Ideas are all around

In search of writing ideas, an author takes a walk with his dog around the neighborhood.

Fight for power

2016
In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood--but the trade-offs made for safety and security are increasingly wrenching and questionable.

The wonderful fluffy little squishy

2015
"Eddie is five-and-a-half and thinks she is the only one in her family without a special talent. So when she hears her sister say "birthday-Mommy-fluffy-little-squishy," she worries that her sister will give Mom the better present. From that moment on, she is determined to find a fluffy little squishy of her own"--Dust jacket.

Around our way on Neighbors' Day

2010
Explores the diversity of a community in which various people cook and eat food, play games, and dance together to celebrate Neighbors' Day.

Gustav Gloom and the People Taker

2013
Fernie What, an adventurous young horror fan, moves into the house across the street from the dark mansion of a mysterious boy whose residence is haunted by evil shadows.

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