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Cuckoo feathers Cuckoo feathers Phyllis Reynolds Naylor When two pigeons that Sarah wants as pets move from her Chicago apartment's window ledge to the building next door, Sarah tries to figure out how to get them to come back. OL15061463W
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
New Neighbors for Nora (Riverside Kids) New Neighbors for Nora (Riverside Kids) Johanna Hurwitz,Lillian Hoban Describes the further adventures of an inquisitive seven-year-old and her neighbors in a New York City apartment building. OL152028W
Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business Johanna Hurwitz Because Nora and her brother live in an apartment, personal privacy, making friends, and finding places to play are sometimes a problem. OL152029W
The witch who lives down the hall The witch who lives down the hall Donna Guthrie A young boy who lives in an apartment house is convinced that his mysterious new neighbor is a witch. OL16054647W
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
The haunting of apartment 101 The haunting of apartment 101 Megan Atwood When popular, pretty classmate asks best friends Jinx and Jackson, high school sophomores, to investigate a haunting at her father's apartment, Jackson is sympathetic and convinces Jinx to trust him,… OL16471209W
Olivia Kidney Olivia Kidney Ellen Potter Twelve-year-old Olivia explores her new apartment building and finds a psychic, talking lizards, a shrunken ex-pirate, an exiled princess, ghosts, and other unusual characters. OL17732459W
Five stories Five stories Anna Alter Relates the adventures of the animal residents of an apartment building on Sprout Street. OL17875425W
Vertical Living Vertical Living Dominic Bradbury,John Hitchcox 224 pages : 26 cm OL19337525W
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
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
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
The doorman's repose The doorman's repose Christopher Raschka "Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings … OL20055879W
Just ask Iris Just ask Iris Lucy Frank In the summer before seventh grade, twelve-year-old Iris Diaz-Pinkowitz goes up and down the fire escape outside her new New York City apartment, becoming an integral part of the lives of her human a… OL2008047W
Building height, bulk, and form Building height, bulk, and form George B. Ford zoning used to gentrify city OL209140W
The rocket book The rocket book Peter Newell The upward progress of a rocket, lit in the basement by the janitor's son, causes some strange situations as it passes through twenty floors of apartments. OL2346265W
Boston's streets, squares, places, avenues, courts and other public locations. (title varies) Boston's streets, squares, places, avenues, courts and other public locations. (title varies) Boston (Mass.). Public Works Dept. ...gives ward and precinct for each address in Boston; starting with the 1982 edition also gives election district numbers for choosing certain city councillors and school committee members; indicate… OL242854W
Rose and Sebastian Rose and Sebastian Cynthia Zarin Rose is frightened by the noises coming from the apartment upstairs, but then she and her mother pay a visit to the boy who lives there. OL2652494W
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