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Losing Joe's place Losing Joe's place Gordon Korman Jason and his two friends move into Jason's brother's apartment and manage to wreak havoc in it during one funny and memorable summer. OL109540W
Sweet treats, secret crushes, and the best snow day ever Sweet treats, secret crushes, and the best snow day ever Lisa Greenwald When a snowstorm keeps thirteen-year-old best friends Olivia, Kate, and Georgia inside their Brooklyn, New York, apartment building on Valentine's Day, they connect with their neighbors by distributi… OL15082643W
Busybody Nora (Riverside Kids) Busybody Nora (Riverside Kids) Johanna Hurwitz Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy. OL152003W
Make room for Elisa Make room for Elisa Johanna Hurwitz The adventures of five-year-old Elisa as she attends her brother's recital, gets new eyeglasses, moves with her family to a new apartment, and welcomes the new baby. OL152027W
The thump, blam, bump mystery The thump, blam, bump mystery Louise Armstrong When Erma Jean hears a noise overhead, she sets out with other apartment dwellers to find its source. OL1521516W
My fabulous new life My fabulous new life Sheila Greenwald Eleven-year-old Alison, having moved from the affluent suburbs to an apartment in New York City, tries to make new friends and come to terms with the homelessness she sees all around her. OL15215595W
Jumpstart the world Jumpstart the world Catherine Ryan Hyde,Catherine Hyde Sixteen-year-old Elle falls in love with Frank, the neighbor who helps her adjust to being on her own in a big city, but learning that he is transgendered turns her world upside-down. OL15908940W
Shared walls Shared walls Diana E. James "The 1900 edition of Polk's Seattle City Directory listed four apartment buildings. By 1939, that number had grown to almost 1,400. This study explores the circumstances that prompted the explosive g… OL16184200W
Happy Cat Happy Cat Steve Henry Cat makes new animal friends as he climbs higher and higher in an apartment building. OL16585154W
Midnight voices Midnight voices John Saul What if insidious evil flourished in the one place where you feel most safe: your very own home? The chilling answer comes from New York Times bestselling master of suspense John Saul--in a new novel… OL1729032W
The neighbors The neighbors Carol Smith Dominating the fashionable London street is a striking Victorian building. Inside its gloomy hallways newcomer Kate Ashenberry will meet her neighbors, many charming, many eccentric, and some more th… OL176364W
Winter Candle Winter Candle Jeron Ashford Frame "When each family at the diverse Juniper Court apartment complex needs something to light up the dark of winter, the stumpy, lumpy candle provides a glow brighter than the fanciest taper, revealing t… OL18008342W
Dear Santa, please come to the 19th floor Dear Santa, please come to the 19th floor Yin. Willy and Carlos, who is in a wheelchair, receive a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, even though they live on the nineteenth floor of their building. OL1964931W
A time of love and tartan A time of love and tartan Alexander McCall Smith "The latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coff… OL19730329W
The curse of Ravenscourt The curse of Ravenscourt Sarah Masters Buckey When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's ow… OL1990292W
Otis Dooda Otis Dooda Ellen Potter After surviving the crazy events of his first weeks in New York City, nine-year-old Otis Dooda is starting out at a brand-new school. He would love to make a good impression, but life in Tidwell Towe… OL19981102W
Infinite home Infinite home Kathleen Alcott Edith is a widowed landlady who rents apartments in her Brooklyn brownstone to an unlikely collection of humans, all deeply in need of shelter. Crippled in various ways--in spirit, in mind, in body, … OL20005933W
Night of fire Night of fire Colin Thubron "Award-winning, bestselling novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron returns to fiction with his first novel in more than a decade, a searing, poetic masterwork of memory. A house is burning, threate… OL20045953W
Site Design for Multifamily Housing Site Design for Multifamily Housing Nico Larco The United States is over eighty percent urbanized, yet over half of the population still lives in suburban settings, characterized by low-density, automobile-dependent development with separated lan… OL20321634W
The world according to Bertie The world according to Bertie Alexander McCall Smith Another delightful read by Alexander McCall Smith. As usual he gives you an intimate feeling of access into the lives of a broadly varied, and quite interesting group of people. I particularly love B… OL2435471W
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