Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.

Ten-year-old Liam and his two younger sisters, precocious third-grader Dakota and second-grader Izzy, who has Down syndrome, face the possibility of losing their beloved dog, Cupcake, who keeps urinating on their apartment's carpet.

Noah is excited to learn that the new student lives in his building and is eager to make friends with him but soon begins to wonder about the new boy's behavior.

In nineteenth-century New York City, when Pa brings home a young turkey in hopes of saving money on their Christmas dinner, his family faces all sorts of trouble--and expense--in their tiny apartment.

Thirteen-year-old Gabe buys a bottle bearing an imp that will grant his every wish, but someone else will pay the price and, if he dies while owning the bottle, he will lose his soul.

"A young immigrant from South Korea finds community and friendship in an apartment house filled with other newly arrived kids"--

When Edmond Bigsnout, a lone wolf, sets out to satisfy his craving for a city rabbit, his efforts are foiled by apartment dwellers who think he is a new neighbor.

"Twelve-year-old Minerva Keen forms a detective club to uncover who is poisoning residents of her storied Chicago apartment building, knowing that any one of her neighbors could be the poisoner--or the next victim"--

"Sophie and her dad have been invited to their neighbor Olive's birthday party, on the tenth floor of their apartment building. They bake cookies, which they put on a special platter, and then head to the elevator. At each floor, the elevator stops to let in other party guests. Along the way up, the elevator gets more and more crowded as a diverse cast of neighbors squeeze in. What will be waiting when the elevator reaches the tenth floor?"--

The joys of giving and receiving are celebrated in this story about a cat who seeks shelter on a snowy day.