"Twelve-year-old Minerva Keen forms a detective club to uncover who is poisoning residents of her storied Chicago apartment building, knowing that any one of her neighbors could be the poisoner--or the next victim"--

"What is the sexual orientation of Oscar Casanovas, the new tenant of apartment 4th, and why does he seem to enjoy confusing the neighbors about this? That's the newest doubt that anguishes the members of the community at Cortazar St. Especially, shy Eli, who secretly fantasizes about Casanovas as much as the window through which she spies on him allows it. Although it's obvious that he would never notice her, whether he's gay or not, Eli still doesn't...

For Bertie Pollock, things seem to be moving along at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place Garden, it appears young Olive has their future together mapped out, wedding venue and all. Meanwhile, Bertie's domineering mother, Irene, is off in Aberdeen, beckoning him to come stay for a few months-and his father, Stuart, might be powerless to stand up to her. Farther up in the New Town, bumptious Bruce Anderson is up to his usual...

Clementine es una niña de 8 años con cabello rebelde y una habilidad especial para romper las reglas. Sus padres, el director de la escuela y la madre de su mejor amiga creen que tiene ADD. Sin embargo, presta atención a las cosas que otras personas no ven. A veces empieza a preocuparse porque escucha que a los padres no les gustan especialmente los niños difíciles. El primero de una serie, este volumen explora los conceptos de amistad, respeto...

Sixteen-year-old Elle falls in love with Frank, the neighbor who helps her adjust to being on her own in a big city, but learning that he is transgendered turns her world upside-down.

"When an otherworldly library called the Archive is compromised from within, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must prevent violent, ghost-like Histories from escaping into our world"--

"It's a special day at 3 Maple Street. It's Little Rabbit's birthday! His mother makes him his favorite breakfast. His sister has drawn him a picture. And, best of all, he's having a birthday party! But that's not the only thing going on at 3 Maple Street today. The Cat family is moving in upstairs ... the Fox family is having a new baby ... there's so much happening inside (and outside) this lively building, it's hard to keep track!"--

Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang..

"A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, along with its residents, from municipal records. So begins Maria Reva's ingeniously intertwined narratives, nine stories that span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. But even as the benighted denizens of 1933 Ivansk Street weather the official neglect of the increasingly powerless authorities, they devise cunning ways to survive."--Jacket.

Mili loves her new home but misses the excitement of traveling, so she persuades her neighbors to join her on a trip to Paris.