city and town life

"Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there"--OCLC.

Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, who soon has Cole involved with a group of "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.

While working as a stable hand for the polo team at George Washington Military Academy, Cole, a Black kid from North Philly, must find the courage to stand up and be seen in a world determined to keep him out.

Arlo sees his town change for the worse after the Mayor bans and destroys all books, but by sharing stories Arlo helps set things right again.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text urge the reader to go beyond the noise of the city to listen to a crow's caw, rain dripping onto a sidewalk, and whispered goodnights. Includes notes about listening.

"[This novel] follows the life, loves, foibles, and politics of the residents of a fictional English town set amid the social unrest during the Industrial Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

Mr. Walker, the human-shaped figure who lives in the traffic signal box and tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the street, decides to leave his post and experience all that he has been missing, in this sweet and satisfying tale about finding one's place in the world.

Brave, playful kitty undertakes a journey into the crowded city before finding love and kindness in an unexpected place.

Cast adrift in the Depression-era West after the last of her relatives pass away, Zorrie survives by working at a radium processing plant before finding love, community and unexpected loss upon returning to her small Indiana hometown.