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Maybe something beautiful : how art transformed a neighborhood / by Campoy, F. Isabel.; Howell, Theresa,1974-; López, Rafael,1961-;
"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Neighborhoods; City and town life; Mural painting and decoration;

Give bees a chance / by Barton, Bethany,1982-;
"An enthusiastic bee-loving narrator tries to convince a bee-phobic friend that our fuzzy, flying neighbors are our friends--we should all give bees a chance!"--Provided by publisher.Ages 4 up.LSC
Subjects: Bees; Honeybee;

All our broken pieces / by Crichton, L. D.;
Musically gifted seventeen-year-old Kyler and his new neighbor Lennon, who is crippled by her OCD, discover that the strength to survive, live, and love can be found in unexpected places.LSC
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Bands (Music); Dating (Social customs); Families; High schools; Schools;

Sam the man & the chicken plan / by Dowell, Frances O'Roark.; Bates, Amy June.;
When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.Ages 6-9.LSC
Subjects: Chickens; Money-making projects for children; Families;

Hooray for hat! / by Won, Brian.;
Elephant wakes up in a grumpy mood, but a present on his doorstep--a hat--cheers him and he sets out to greet his neighbors who all, it seems, need hats of their own.LSC
Subjects: Elephants; Animals; Mood (Psychology); Hats; Gifts;

When She Was Me [electronic resource] : by Bush, Marlee.aut; Powers, Imani Jade.nrt; CloudLibrary;
Twin sisters Cassie and Lenora are inseparable. Ever since that night, they’ve been on their own, and that’s how they like it. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, the twins manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true-crime junkies. The peace and quiet is almost enough to make them forget what happened all those years ago. Almost. Until a teenage girl camping at the neighboring cabin goes missing, and the memories come rushing back. As the crime becomes ever more recognizable, each sister suspects the other knows more than she’s letting on. Trapped in the isolating, claustrophobic wilderness, Cassie and Lenora must piece together the truth of what happened—and the sinister truth lurking in their own pasts—before it’s too late.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Contemporary Women; Psychological; Suspense;
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The duke I once knew / by Drake, Olivia.;
For years, Abigail Linton devoted herself to caring for her parents and her siblings' children. Now, eager to create a life of her own, Abby seizes upon a position as a governess on a neighboring estate. Unfortunately, her absentee employer is Maxwell Bryce, the Duke of Rothwell, the notorious rake who once broke her youthful heart. But since he hasn't set foot on his estate for fifteen years, Abby assumes she'll never have to lay eyes on him ever again. Then, from out of nowhere, Max appears. He is stunned to come face to face with the girl next door he fell for years ago--before he went away, and she stopped writing to him... even though Abby swears that he is the one who left her without a word. Could it be that this spirited, witty spinster has won Max's heart all over again--and that they may have a second chance at love?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Governesses;

Murder in Bel-Air / by Black, Cara,1951-author.;
Aimée Leduc is about to go onstage to give the keynote address at a tech conference that is sure to secure Leduc Detective some much-needed business contracts when she gets an emergency phone call from her daughter's playgroup: Aimée's own mother, who was supposed to pick up Chloé, never showed. Abandoning her hard-won speaking gig, Aimée rushes to get Chloé, annoyed that, yet again, her mother has let her down. But as Aimée and Chloé are leaving the playground, Aimée witnesses the body of a homeless woman being wheeled away from the neighboring convent, where nuns run a soup kitchen. The last person seen talking to the dead woman talking to was Aimée's mother -- who has vanished. Trying to figure out what happened to Sydney Leduc, Aimee tracks down the dead woman's possessions, which include a huge amount of cash. What did Sydney stumble into? Is she in trouble?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Women private investigators; Leduc, Aimee (Fictitious character);

Robert B. Parker's fool's paradise / by Lupica, Mike,author.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.;
"When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim--the man had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. But otherwise, Jesse has no clue as to the man's identity. He isn't a local, nor does he have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single lead is from a taxi company that recalls dropping off the mysterious stranger outside the gate at the mansion of one of the wealthiest families in town ... Meanwhile, after Jesse survives a hail of gunfire on his home, he wonders if it could be related to the mysterious murder. When both Molly Crane and Suitcase Simpson also become targets, it's clear someone has an ax to grind against the entire Paradise Police Department"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character); Police chiefs; Murder; Attempted murder;

Crybaby / by Beaumont, Karen.; Yelchin, Eugene.;
When Baby cries, her family and neighbors try unsuccessfully to stop her tears and get her back to sleep, but Roy, the old retriever, knows that Baby needs her toy sheep for a good night.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Infants; Crying; Dogs; Families; Bedtime;

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