apartment houses

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apartment houses

The flowers

2008
Fifteen-year-old Sonny Bravo moves with his mother and her new husband to an apartment complex called The Flowers where he becomes caught up in the lives of his neighbors, and tries to do what he can to ease the racial tensions that threaten to destroy all of them.

On site, the construction of a high-rise

1980
Describes the construction of a modern concrete high-rise building which shows the processes, material, equipment and tradespeople involved.

Rose and Sebastian

1997
Rose is frightened by the noises coming from the apartment upstairs, but then she and her mother pay a visit to the boy who lives there.

I hate company

1994
When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three-year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet.

Oh, Emma

1991
Frustrated by life in a crowded housing project, Emma longs for a room of her own, but, because of family circumstances, must settle for far less.

Melody burning

2011
Melody, a sixteen-year-old celebrity living in an expensive Hollywood high-rise with her manager-mother, meets a mysterious boy who is determined to keep her safe.

Sweet treats & secret crushes

2011
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 distributing homemade fortune cookies and uncover one another's secrets along the way.

Jumpstart the world

2010
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.

I hate company

1998
When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three-year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet.

Dear Santa, please come to the 19th floor

2002
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.

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