neighbors

When the Bobs, who are slobs, and the Tweets, who are neat, move to the same neighborhood there are inevitable conflicts--especially when the two families try to use the community swimming pool at the same time.

Bastien is now the man of the house. His mom has given up everything to give him a new life and he?s determined to do everything in his power to take care of her. Verona, Indiana is Bastien?s chance to start over and he?s not about to waste the opportunity. The grumpy old man next-door is most certainly not one of the more attractive features of Bastien?s new hometown, but Bastien?s opinion of him slowly begins to change. More intriguing is another neighbor. Viktor is a wrestler for Verona High School and mows his lawn shirtless. Viktor stirs Bastien?s passion, but he tries desperately to hide his desires. He doesn?t want Verona to be Chicago all over again. As he settles into his new life Bastien discovers that Verona is different from what he has known before and not in the boring, watching-corn-grow-for-entertainment way he anticipated. The little town of Verona is odd, perhaps even bizarre, but maybe here he can forget the friends who turned on him and the father who tried to kill him. The Lawn Boy is a tale of friendship, love, lust, and acceptance.

"When Jackie and Paula's teenage foster daughter Star disappears with Comet, their disapproving neighbor's spirited horse, the neighbors are thrown together--far too close together. But as the search for the pair wears on, both families must learn to put aside their animosity and confront the choices they've made and the scars they carry"--Provided by publisher.

Oggie Cooder has always wanted to swim in his neighbor Donnica Perfecto's perfect pool, and when Donnica's mother makes her invite Oggie to her birthday party, Oggie vows he will get his chance, no matter what obstacles Donnica sets up to keep Oggie away.

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.

During one year, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, aged nine to thirteen, get to know their neighbors the Lawrences, attend school dances and sleepovers, have first crushes, and grow closer despite their differences.

Seventh-grader Sidney Camazzola plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater one day, but for now, he has a great idea--extortion--for keeping the theater open.

Text and color illustrations explore different kinds of communities, including country living, dairy farming, and relationships with neighbors.

"Families, doctors, road crew workers, and electricians: these are just a few of the people who live and work in a neighborhood. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community ... Provide[s] readers with a look at who makes up a neighborhood, how neighbors help each other, what jobs they do, and how people have fun in a neighborhood"--Provided by publisher.

While both deal with problems at home, one-time best friends Jill and Max, seventeen, kiss, and while Jill knows that was a mistake, she struggles not to kiss him again.