Books with title The Man Upstairs

Samantha Whipple, last descendant of the Brontë family, is rumored to have inherited a portion of the Brontës' literary estate""diaries, paintings, letters, and drafts""a hidden treasure that has not been shown outside of the family. Samantha has never seen this rumored estate, and she has no interest in it. But everything changes when she enrolls at Oxford and items of her past start mysteriously arriving at her door. As more clues arrive, Samantha realizes that her father left her an elaborate scavenger hunt. With the aid of a handsome Oxford professor, Samantha must decode clues hidden in the Brontës' own writing to solve a literary mystery and an untold family legacy.

Yesterday 16-year-old Emily’s mother was a high-powered attorney. Today she is a mermaid. While the car accident they were in left Emily relatively unscathed, her mother is just not the same. She doesn’t care about court cases and keeps talking about her missing tail.But life doesn’t stop when you’re in the midst of a family crisis. Emily continues with school and falling in love for the first time, all while taking care of her little sister, who starts to believe their mother is part water nymph. Ultimately, Emily has to make the toughest decision of her life. Does she keep her mermaid mother landlocked in Nebraska or take her to the Pacific Ocean as promised? Either way, Emily fears she may lose her mother forever.

The ups and downs of living in an apartment building The upstairs bear moves in with a BIG BANG. KLUNK! KLUNK! BUMPETY-BUMP! BUMP-BUMP-BUMP! “I can’t write like this,” says the downstairs bear. After several noisy days, she can’t stand it any longer. She climbs the stairs, determined to give her new neighbor a piece of her mind. Instead, she finds a sizzling surprise. The humorous text and whimsical illustrations, filled with fun details, will have young readers in stitches as they follow the characters from page to page.

When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger - she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse. Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini - separated from their family and confined to one tiny room - the war seemed to go on forever.