A mouse with typewriting skills secretly helps the people of Offley Street find lost items, and eventually saves the day.

From the author of The White Bone, a piercing novel of passionate attachment and of the fear and freedom of letting go. Louise Kirk learns about love and loss at an early age. When she is nine years old, her former beauty queen mother disappears, leaving a note that reads only, and incorrectly, Louise knows how to work the washing machine. Soon after, the Richters and their adopted son, Abel, move in across the street. Louise's immediate devotion...

Widow Phoebe Allen has single-handedly raised a wonderful daughter and established a successful business, and now enjoys the amorous attentions of a longtime friend. When she learns that her old boyfriend has purchased a house nearby, Phoebe must confront long-suppressed feelings for her charismatic first love, now a high-profile film director. For years, Phoebe has concealed truths from her daughter and may now be forced to divulge them. As the past...

Abandoned dog Jack finds a collective family in the residents of Christmas Street--a group of people who might need Jack as much as he needs them.

Adventures of several children in a largely Hispanic, but still diverse, neighborhood.

Minho and his mother have a busy afternoon doing errands in the neighborhood.

When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.

When the people in his diverse urban neighborhood celebrate a festive street fair, Mischa shares in the excitement. Includes recipes for numerous ethnic foods.