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Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself. Soon what...
62) Other birds
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2022.
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning cobblestone building shaped like a horeshoe and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside...
64) Trouble
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2021.
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A squirrel sees nothing but trouble in a bear newcomer who has terrible teeth, knife-like claws, and an oversized appetite, while her pet mouse perceives a new neighbor who is just trying to be friendly.
65) The shallows
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[2023]
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"When her daughter innocently uploads footage of her secretive neighbor’s brutal murder, Emma, terrified the killer will know what they’ve seen, discovers her husband knows more than he’s revealing as he forces them to escape on their yacht, and questioning what they’re hiding from, wonders who else knows her own secret"--
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[2022]
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While dealing with a new class of kindergarteners, her son’s budding manhood and her annoying ex-husband, Marjette Lewis, after tragedy strikes her street, navigates the ritual of loss with the help of her neighbor, and together they find the strength to remake their lives.
72) The red hat
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2015.
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"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--
73) The suitcase
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"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"--
79) Sylvie
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[2022]
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"A picture book about a surreptitious spider who gathers the courage to help the neighbors she has watched over from afar--a promising painter, a proper little lady, a mindful young man, a brave girl and her exceptionally brave tortoise"--
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"A 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud is a fantastically expensive car, especially in the pristine condition of the one owned by Muriel Cantrell. Living in a luxury apartment building on Central Park West ... Apparently beloved in her building, residents are shocked when Muriel is murdered ... Lieutenant Romaine Very of the NYPD is called to investigate and again seeks help from his friend Hoag ... The investigation leads to the unexpected source of Muriel's...
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