city and town life

Simple text and photographs describe a town and a home.

When the residents of the town of Oleander, Kansas, start acting strangely, the witnesses of a series of suicide-killings must band together to save the town from whatever has come over it.

When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home.

Young readers will learn that about half of the people on Earth live in cities. The center of a city is called downtown. Discover these and other exciting facts about the city.

Collects three stories featuring Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor.

"Becky, Harry, and Leon are leaving London in a fourth-hand Ford with a suitcase full of stolen money, in a mess of tangled loyalties and impulses. But can they truly leave the city that's in their bones?....Rich in character and restless in perspective, driven by ethics and empathy, it asks-and seeks to answer-how best to live with and love one another."--Dust jacket.

"In this intricate novel of psychological suspense, a chilling discovery near the high school ignites a witch hunt in a southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town's girls"--Publisher.

"Fate intervenes when a small Texas town's star athletes--"the Johns"--are killed in a rollover. Araceli, the girlfriend John Mejia left behind, endures her senior year under Greenton's prying gaze. Chon Gonzales, who has waited his whole life for a shot at Araceli, juggles desire and grief looking for his chance"--Back cover.

Explores the diversity of a community in which various people cook and eat food, play games, and dance together to celebrate Neighbors' Day.

A unified collection of stories about life in a small town in Ohio, centering on the experiences of George Willard, a young newspaper reporter who captures the hopes, dreams, and fears of the town's residents.