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The Ornament Tree The Ornament Tree Jean Thesman When fourteen-year-old Bonnie moves to her cousin's boardinghouse in Seattle in 1918, she learns about life from the boarders and progressive women who live and work there. OL114051W
The Heavenly Tenants The Heavenly Tenants William Maxwell While the Marvell family are on a trip to visit a grandmother, their farm is taken care of by the characters from the Zodiac. OL1503873W
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
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
Rip-Roaring Russell (Riverside Kids) Rip-Roaring Russell (Riverside Kids) Johanna Hurwitz Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building. OL152013W
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
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
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
Lila on the landing Lila on the landing Sue Alexander Lila, always the last to be chosen for games by the other children, earns their interest and acceptance by creating her own imaginative activities on the landing of her apartment house. OL16589623W
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
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
Sonata #1 for Riley Red Sonata #1 for Riley Red Phoebe Stone Thirteen-year-old Rachel and her "outcast" friends struggle to come to terms with unresolved emotional traumas while trying to rescue a neglected zoo elephant in a small town outside of Boston. OL1865472W
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
Home, sweet haunt Home, sweet haunt P. J. Night After a huge fire in the family's apartment, Nora Wilson's parents have been acting superweird, but Nora is thrilled when she is permitted to go trick-or-treating and when she makes a new friend, Cai… OL19973920W
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
Million dollar mates Million dollar mates Cathy Hopkins Jess Hall is moving upmarket! Her Dad's got a new job at a luxury city apartment block and the family are moving in. A life of glitz and glamour surely beckons ... but will her new million dollar mat… OL24286094W
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