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Presents a simple text and color photos that show what homes, work, and fun are like in suburban communities.

Upon moving to a new house, young Caroline and her parents encourage wildflowers to grow and birds and animals to stay in their yard, which soon has the whole suburban street living up to its name.

Contains fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

Humans are not the only ones who inhabit cities. While we might immediately think of pets, rats, or mice, Downer looks at the urban lives of raccoons, mountain lions, crows, coyotes, flying foxes, turtles, and gators.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes living in a suburban community, and describes neighborhoods and the different kinds of homes, community services such as hospitals, police, and firemen, and more.

Photographs and simple text describe what it is like to live in the suburbs.

Simple text and photographs describe what it is like to live in a suburban community.

Eighth-grade misfits Edwin Hanratty and his only friend, Flake, feed each other's misery and discontent until they decide the only solution is violence.

'I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974.

A play by Eric Bogosian in which three men in their early twenties reflect on their glory days, their failing relationships, and their competitive natures.

The disappearance of sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell has a dramatic and lasting impact on the teenage boys who grew up around her, and while rumors and suspicions about her absence are whispered the boys grow into men and continue to pine for the teenage girl who no longer exists.

Examines the world of alienated suburban youth, describes their interests, and suggests tenable reasons to admire their struggles and resilience.

Lacie doesn't fit in. Not with her best friend Jenna, who wants to go fast when Lacie wants to go slow.

The residents of Poplar Street find themselves in the grip of surreal terror when violence erupts in the suburban town of Wentworth, Ohio, beginning with the murder of the paper boy.

Describes the creation and history of "sundown towns, " American towns where African-Americans were outlawed after dark, in some cases as late as the 1970s; examines their effect on whites, African-Americans, and the social system; and discusses their continued existence, arguing the importance of integration.