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1) Chocolat
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
2) Wow! City!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Izzy, raised in the mountains, has only one word to describe the people, buildings, cars, and other exciting things she sees in the big, bustling city.
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Detailed essays, extensive photos, and informative sidebars describe life in ancient Sumer, showing the results of significant archaeological digs; also includes a time line and a bibliography.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." –Hebrews 13:14 At the very heart of God's plan for the world stands an extraordinary city. Beginning with the garden of Eden in Genesis and ending with the New Jerusalem in Revelation, the biblical story reveals how God has been working throughout history to establish a city filled with his glorious presence. Tracing the development of the theme of city in both testaments,...
9) The bookshop
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Florence Green opens a bookshop in a sleepy seaside town she is met with open resistance by her neighbors who resent her success.
12) Zombiekins
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The boring town of Dementedyville is livened up by a mysterious stuffed animal called Zombiekins that turns things upside down when exposed to moonlight.
13) Symphony city
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's McMullens
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
An illustrated story that follows a little girl who gets lost in the city but listens to the music of the streets to find her way back home again.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
16) Blackout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neighbors gather on the roof after the power goes out on a hot night in the city and start having so much fun not everyone is happy when the lights go back on.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius”...
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius”...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." --
Have you ever stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships? Mars and Kohlstedt reveal the stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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