Books with title Math in the Neighborhood

The Old Neighborhood introduces a group of 8- to 12-year-old boys growing up in the 1950’s. Their leader is Oliver, better known as “The Big O,” who is large not only in size, but in loudness of mouth. The boys are Eddie, Jimmy, Skinny, Phil, Harold, and Ernie. Another boy, technically not a member, is the mysterious John Allen. Although young in years, his wisdom is recognized by the children and their parents. Rumors of his mystic powers circulate through the neighborhoods as he “must be about my father’s business.” Through the six stories, the reader learns lessons in sharing (“The Street Fair”); helping one’s neighbor (“The Court”); dealing with dangerous challenges (“Running the Bridges”); getting along with the elderly (“The Letter”); overcoming one’s inner fears (“Ernie’s Streetcar Adventure”); and learning not to disobey a parent’s instructions (“The Big O: Discus Thrower”).

James is a lonely boy and a computer wiz. He was abandoned by his parents when he was three years old, and he intends to find out why. While looking for answers about them and trying not to lose Sofi--the girl he desperately fell in love with--he falls into a struggle of life and death. He manages to follow the tracks of his biological parents by attending the University where they studied. There he unearths a buried code sent to sleep a long time ago. Helped by his friend Michael, he accidentally creates a computer virus by hacking the university's computer network. The virus, once unleashed, allows aliens the access to humans' technology, which in turn allows them to take control of the most important institutions in the world.James and Michael, the only ones able to prevent the aliens from carrying out their mission, suddenly find themselves in a deadly situation...

This book is an adventure-like book for kids that teaches them how friendship can be so important that they can do just what Lisa did for Alisson! Lisa is a twenty-one-year-old who just moved in. She has a friend called Alisson, who got sick. Lisa goes into an investigation under and above the ground just for Alisson. Read the whole book for more! We hope you enjoy it!

A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out. "The story may be set in the past, but it couldn't be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out...and that to find out who you really are, you have to first figure out what you're not." (Jodi Picoult, New York Times best-selling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things) After her father's death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta - the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly figures out she can be Jewish or she can be popular, but she can't be both. Eager to fit in with the blonde girls in the "pastel posse", Ruth decides to hide her religion. Before she knows it, she is falling for the handsome and charming Davis and sipping Cokes with him and his friends at the all-white, all-Christian Club. Does it matter that Ruth's mother makes her attend services at the local synagogue every week? Not as long as nobody outside her family knows the truth. At temple, Ruth meets Max, who is serious and intense about the fight for social justice, and now, she is caught between two worlds, two religions, and two boys. But when a violent hate crime brings the different parts of Ruth's life into sharp conflict, she will have to choose between all she's come to love about her new life and standing up for what she believes.

James is a lonely boy and a computer wiz. He was abandoned by his parents when he was three years old, and he intends to find out why. While looking for answers about them and trying not to lose Sofi--the girl he desperately fell in love with--he falls into a struggle of life and death. He manages to follow the tracks of his biological parents by attending the University where they studied. There he unearths a buried code sent to sleep a long time ago. Helped by his friend Michael, he accidentally creates a computer virus by hacking the university's computer network. The virus, once unleashed, allows aliens the access to humans' technology, which in turn allows them to take control of the most important institutions in the world.James and Michael, the only ones able to prevent the aliens from carrying out their mission, suddenly find themselves in a deadly situation...

A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out. "The story may be set in the past, but it couldn't be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . . and that to find out who you really are, you have to first figure out what you're not." -Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things After her father's death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta-the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly figures out she can be Jewish or she can be popular, but she can't be both. Eager to fit in with the blond girls in the "pastel posse," Ruth decides to hide her religion. Before she knows it, she is falling for the handsome and charming Davis and sipping Cokes with him and his friends at the all-white, all-Christian Club. Does it matter that Ruth's mother makes her attend services at the local synagogue every week? Not as long as nobody outside her family knows the truth. At temple Ruth meets Max, who is serious and intense about the fight for social justice, and now she is caught between two worlds, two religions, and two boys. But when a violent hate crime brings the different parts of Ruth's life into sharp conflict, she will have to choose between all she's come to love about her new life and standing up for what she believes.