city and town life

Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city, but when the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.

After awakening to find that his pet ferret is now pet feet, a budding detective discovers that the letter "R" has disappeared and its absence is causing chaos throughout his town.

In 1880 Tenmile, a Colorado gold-mining town, twelve-year-old Sissy witnesses the hardships of her community as she assists her father, the town doctor.

"This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with . .. illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns"-- Provided by publisher.

"When a sandwich goes missing, it seems that a bear is the unlikely culprit"--Provided by publisher.

Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.

Mole and Vole always venture out into the world to see what nature they can find, but after an accidental move from the country to the city, the best friends have to learn to discover new plants and animals in their new environment.

"When Lincoln Loud's close friend Ronnie Anne and her brother Bobby Santiago moved away from Royal Oaks to the Big City, they had no idea that they were about to start an exciting new chapter in their lives, while living in an apartment above their abuelo's Mercado. Together with their mom, Maria, they are adapting from going to a family of three in Royal Oaks to living with their whole extended family, headed by the kids' abuelos, Hector and Rosa, in the big city"--OCLC.

While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden. Includes recipe for succotash.