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21) The Bolds
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The Bolds volume 1
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Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
22) November night
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Bradley and Brian's new neighbors are up to something! They've built a tall fence in their backyard. They've covered the old hollow tree with a mysterious tarp. They even have a huge, scary dog to guard it. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are dying to know what the sneaky couple is hiding. And on the night before Thanksgiving, they're going to find out!
23) Five stories
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Sprout Street neighbors volume 1
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Follows the experiences of five animal apartment neighbors on Sprout Street who forge strong bonds of friendship despite their differences.
25) Boys Rock!
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The feud between the Hatford brothers and the neighboring Malloy sisters continues over the summer when they reluctantly join forces to publish a newspaper.
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Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 4
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Lulu has a new next-door neighbor named Arthur and he has a pet rabbit. Of course Lulu must become their friend. But Arthur doesn't seem to want to be her friend. Or play with his rabbit. It's up to Lulu and Mellie to come up with a plan to make Arthur see just how fun rabbits can be.
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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
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Zara's rules volume 1
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Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in across the street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to...
37) Who won the war?
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As the end of summer approaches, the Malloy girls decide they will really try to get along with the Hatford boys before moving back to Ohio, but after all the practical jokes and competitions of the previous year, the boys just do not trust the girls.
38) Hardscrabble
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Twelve-year-old Belle Martin and her family move to Mingo, Colorado, in 1910 when the U.S. government offers 320 acres of land free to homesteaders.
39) One good deed
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A young boy transforms his neighborhood by performing one good deed for his neighbor, which leads to a chain of kind and helpful actions.
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Nine-year-old Sparrow Robinson blames herself for her elderly neighbor's accident, so she promises to take care of Mrs. LaRose's seven cats, all while trying to adjust to a new school--but things become complicated when she has to find new homes for all of the cats plus some unexpected kittens.
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