La Porte County Public Library System

When an odd new boy moves in next door, Hannah's neighborhood starts to get more and more eerie, and she suspects that the pale boy must be a ghost.

No-nonsense Captain Swashby is used to the sea meeting all of his needs and when, after his retirement, new neighbors disturb his solitary life, the sea helps in just the right way.

Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

Sunny Parker takes pride in her community at the Del Mar Garden Apartments, an affordable housing complex, but when an abandoned school in her neighborhood is proposed for new affordable housing, she discovers not everyone appreciates the community she calls home and becomes an advocate for her neighborhood.

Curtis, a twelve-year-old boy who is used to taking care of himself and his five-year-old brother Artie, does not worry when his mother does not return from her night job at the local gas bar, but when the landlord demands the rent and they max out their mother's credit cards, the boys run away with their neighbor Mrs. Burt. As the summer with Mrs. Burt comes to a close, Curtis begins to wonder whether Mrs. Burt is helping them or kidnapped them.

"When a weary stranger arrives one day with nothing but a suitcase, his new neighbors ask nervous questions about who he is and where he comes from before they are challenged to decide between trusting the newcomer or taking the risk of not believing him"--. Provided by publisher.

Imaginative, eleven-year-old Gina, her mysterious new neighbor, Antonio, and their classmates are inspired by an unusual young teacher to see who they are and envision who they are meant to become.

"A boy has to find a way to resolve a neighborly dispute with the monster next door when the monster starts playing his tuba too loud"-- Provided by publisher

Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...

"When a new family moves in, the whole neighborhood comes together to celebrate what makes their community diverse and special"--.