cities and towns

"Three of the nation's top scholars, known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America, turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there. This revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep South, and South Texas. Immersing themselves in these communities, pouring over centuries of local history, attending parades and festivals, the authors trace the legacies of the deepest poverty in America, including inequalities shaping people's health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families"--Provided by publisher.

"Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang are globe-trotting! From Paris to Sydney to New York City, they are doing some big city sight-seeing. The gang explores the landmarks, weather, and geography in each location. Young readers will . . . [use] the clues in the text and photos to guess which city the gang is visiting before turning the page"--Provided by publisher.

"Takes kids on a tour of the fantastical Ice Cream Town, where everything is made of ice cream!"--Provided by publisher.

"A girl's Halloween tradition gets upended and she turns to her New York City neighbors to find other ways to celebrate"--Provided by publisher.

"The chilling story of a girl who has visions of a dead girl--and the diary that will lead her to the truth behind the girl's tragic demise. All her life, Kara had been told she was born in her hometown. But she's always felt that wasn't quite right, just as she's had flashes of memories that weren't her own. Now that she's 12, those visions are becoming more frequent, more frightening . . . and when a mysterious diary shows up on her doorstep, she knows there's more to these visions than she once thought. Because this is the diary of a dead girl. The very girl who's been haunting her visions. In the pages of the diary, Kara learns this girl didn't just die--she was murdered. And Kara is the only one who can solve the mystery. With her best friend Sienna, Kara visits the town where this ghost girl met her end. If Kara isn't careful, she might meet her end there, too"--Provided by publisher.

After moving to small, spooky Massachusetts beach town Shiver-by-the-Sea, Bella Gosi must team up with her new friend to help a kid vampire find his way home.

In this nonfiction title, carefully leveled text and full-color photographs introduce the emergent reader to all the exciting things to see in a city. Pairs with the fiction title Wait, Ride, Walk.

"Singer Roxy Raines vanished from the tiny resort of Sandown thirty years ago, and now seventeen-year-old Mona Perry is on the hunt for answers. The island's locals refuse to talk about it, dismissing Roxy as a teenage runaway. But Mona can't let it go--her favorite singer deserves justice, and Mona will stop at nothing to share her findings on her crime podcast. The only problem is, she just has this one hot summer to get to the bottom of Roxy's disappearance, and the islanders don't want to give up their secrets. As Mona gets drawn deeper into the strange goings-on in this isolated community, she soon realizes that nothing is as it seems--least of all her own past and the secrets behind Roxy's disappearance that hit a little too close to home"--Provided by publisher.

Contains sixteen short stories, including a couple comics, addressing misconceptions about small towns.

In the aftermath of the Big Growl that destroyed his city, a Lone Dog named Lucky must find a way to work with other dogs in order to survive in this frightening new world.