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Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child, " the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
2) Seedfolks
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
Author
Series
The Quirks volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With its cookie cutter houses, welcoming committees, and all-town competitions, Normal, Michigan, seems like a perfect fit for nine-year-old new resident Molly, the only non-magical person in her family.
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 4
Language
English
Description
Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? The final book in Lemony Snicket's...series, All The Wrong Questions.
11) Coo
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Coo, a ten-year-old girl raised by a flock of pigeons, delights in finally making human contact, but quickly learns that our world is more cruel and complicated than she could have guessed"--
12) Willowood
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Lily has trouble leaving her best friend behind and moving to the city when her mother changes jobs, but she makes some very unlikely friends that soon become like family members.
Author
Series
Andy Russell series volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Andy and his friend Tamika spend the weekend in the city with Tamika's aunt and uncle, he tries hard to follow all the rules of etiquette during outings to a French restaurant, an art museum, and the ballet, while using his detective skills to solve a mystery involving "parachuting" hamsters.
Author
Series
Henry Reed volume 5
Publisher
Viking Kestrel
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Henry and Midge set themselves up as consultants for the residents of Grover's Corner, they get into a lot of trouble themselves before eventually solving the problems presented to them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After listening to a young boy describe his life, Willa the monkey escapes from her zoo home and, together with some friendly chipmunks, goes in search of him in the human city.
16) The goat
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
155 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Kid and her family move to an apartment building in New York City, whose eccentric residents include a skateboarding fantasy writer, a guinea pig hoarder, and possibly a goat who lives on the roof.
17) Soup 1776
Author
Series
Soup volume 14
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Rob is caught up in his friend Soup's plan to help their town of Learning, Vermont, celebrate the Fourth of July with a suitable pageant that sets the record straight about several of the town's citizens.
18) Little dog, lost
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy, a dog, and an old man are lonely before the boy plans a rally, the dog looks for a boy, and all the townspeople run to the old man's aid when lightning strikes his home and something miraculous happens.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case"--
20) Polo cowboy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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