neighborhoods

"Juliette loves settling cases for the neighborhood kids, like where to set up competing lemonade stands. As Judge Juliette's reputation for fairness grows, even grown-ups seek out her wise counsel on important matters, such as a fair bedtime. When Juliette can't decide whether to get a cat or a dog, her parents represent opposing sides of the issue in her courtroom. How will she resolve the most personal case in her career?"--Dust jacket.

Having glammed up her school friends, Mary has set her sights on sprucing up a vacant lot in the neighborhood. Soon she's enlisting help from neighborhood business owners and her friends--all of whom are modern versions of popular nursery rhyme characters.

Scott's dad is the only one in the neighborhood who builds a bomb shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and when the time comes, more neighbors enter the shelter than Scott's dad is prepared for.

"Errol loves gardening, but he doesn't have a real garden. Although his home is full of beautiful plants, he longs for an outdoor space where he can grow things. A chance discovery leads to a solution, but Errol can't do everything on his own. Luckily, help is near at hand"--Provided by publisher.

"Together Pa and Jelly Bean build a sidewalk pantry right next to their sidewalk library, and as they get more visitors, Jelly Bean comes up with the idea to combine the books and food; so neighbors feel invited to take a meal and a good book"--OCLC.

"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--Provided by publisher.

When Alice discovers that not everyone loves her street, she writes her street a love letter and leaves it for someone to find, and learns that the joy she spreads can come back to her.

In 1918 New York City, little Jewish girl Rivka, who lives on the Lower East Side, trades chores with people in her neighborhood for lessons until she can finally attend school.

"Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who's new in town, have become fast friends, with Joe acting as Pluto's guide on her secret mission to discover what life in the neighborhood is really like. But on Joe's tour (where he shows Pluto the best fire escape and the best garbage can in the world!), it becomes clear that Joe has never actually left his tiny slice of the planet. . .Pluto encourages Joe to get out of his comfort zone, but Joe delays by creating an outlandish list of supplies they'll need to get before they go! Is Joe Pidge afraid of leaving his safe little neighborhood? And if that's tough, imagine how Joe feels when his hat, his trademark super-flavio look that helps him stand out from the other pigeons, goes missing"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul deals with change, grief, friendship, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.