Books with title The Ponies Next Door

The Jolley-Rogers - a pirate family, are moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town. Stopping to fix up their ship, this unusual family get the whole neighbourhood spreading rumours. Defying the grown-ups, Matilda from next door decides to become friends with the youngest pirate son. When the Jolley-Rogers leave, the town discovers they were wrong to assume the worst - the pirate clan have buried treasure in everyone's gardens (shown in a stunning double-gatefold). Matilda feels sad until she discovers her own treasure - an incredibly exciting new pen friend.

Putting a fear to restSara Barker is afraid of dogs. Whenever she sees even a picture of one, she feels clammy and cold all over. So what's Sara to do when she learns that her new next-door neighbor owns two of them? Two young and big dogs, to be specific. Her neighbor turns out to be an ebullient older woman who befriends Sara and promises her dogs will keep their distance. But one day a situation arises in which Sara is forced to venture into the yard next door, even as the dogs there are desperately barking.Kids will relate to Sara, and dog-lovers will enjoy seeing her overcome her fears in this easy-to-read chapter book, with numerous cheerful pictures.The Next-Door Dogs is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

When fifteen year old Jake Allister learns the new neighbor in his apartment complex is an elderly man from Germany named Mr. Wagner, he fears the worst. The guy's old enough to have survived World War II, and to Jake's young mind, that makes him suspect. Because Mr. Wagner isn't Jewish, Jake assumes the man must have been part of the Nazi regime who tortured and killed millions before he was born.Jake isn't religious, by any stretch of the imagination, and neither is his mother. He had to learn about the Holocaust at school; now he distrusts anything German, including Mr. Wagner. Then he sees the old man watching him and his boyfriend Thad make out in the parking lot. Jake justknowsthe guy is a Nazi.But when he finally gets invited into Mr. Wagner's apartment, Jake discovers Jews weren't the only ones who suffered during the Holocaust. For the first time, he begins to grasp the scope of the tragedy that unfurled during the war ... and what it meant to be Jewish -- or gay -- in Nazi Germany.

Thirteen year-old Natasha Gregory was in love. It wasn’t just any love. It was the kind of love that sent Natasha to a place where beautiful music always played, the sun shone brightly everyday and her heart went ‘boom, boom, boom.’Before, Natasha had always felt life in the sleepy little village of Westable was boring. But, when the love of Natasha’s life moved in next door, all that changed. Over the next few days she discovered the handsome boy’s name was Steve Jason, and that he was every bit as nice as she thought he would be. She even got to star in a movie with the fourteen year-old.However, as Natasha’s best friend Maria Rodriguez pointed out, Steve Jason, as a potential boyfriend, did have a few negatives - like the fact that he and his parents were actually aliens from another planet; that they had all entered Earth illegally; oh, and that they were now being pursued by Government agents, and two strange whiskered guys called Nubbins. So, thanks to her love for Steve, Natasha found herself embarked upon a thrilling adventure she would never ever forget.

Spring has officially arrived at Manderley Prep and lust is in the air..Ethan Andrews is the one guy that Maggie has always wanted but never had the courage to go for. With her shortage of funds and Ugly Betty looks, she’s not even a blip on his radar. That’s all about to change when Maggie gets the makeover of a lifetime – and a little help from her friends. The perfect opportunity to make her move comes during the class trip to Hawaii. Could there be a more ideal setting for a little romance? Now Maggie just has to figure out if she has the guts to make her move…Check out Carol's romance novels written under her CAROL GRACE name.

David Gale thought that he had it all. He was passing his classes in high school, he had a girl that he was sweet on and he had good friends and a ton of horror movies to share with them. However, when some new neighbors move in down the street, strange things are afoot and when Smith’s Grove starts seeming a little more lifeless than usual, they find that the cause may be vampiric in origin. Armed with knowledge that only hundreds of hours of horror movies can impart, Dave and his friends might be the only ones who can stop...The Dead Next Door!

Putting a fear to restSara Barker is afraid of dogs. Whenever she sees even a picture of one, she feels clammy and cold all over. So what's Sara to do when she learns that her new next-door neighbor owns two of them? Two young and big dogs, to be specific. Her neighbor turns out to be an ebullient older woman who befriends Sara and promises her dogs will keep their distance. But one day a situation arises in which Sara is forced to venture into the yard next door, even as the dogs there are desperately barking.Kids will relate to Sara, and dog-lovers will enjoy seeing her overcome her fears in this easy-to-read chapter book, with numerous cheerful pictures. The Next-Door Dogs is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.