neighbors

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Ivy and Bean decide to be good, kind, and pure of thought in the hopes that the wild animals will befriend them, but when their plan doesn't work, they decide sometimes it's good to be a little bad.

Sophie is startled to discover that her new neighbors have tentacles and fangs, but when she learns that her mother has invited them to dinner Sophie must be brave and face them, even if they really are monsters.

The Just-So Woman, who likes to have everything just right, learns an important lesson from her neighbor, the Any-Way Man.

Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.

Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.