The Fortuneteller in 5B Author:Jane Breskin Zalben One day a mysterious new neighbor moves into apartment 5B upstairs. Eleven-year-old Alexandria and her best friend Jenny suspect she might be a witch or a vampire. After all, she speaks with a Transylvania accent, brews up concoctions with strange herbs and has a heavy trunk covered with foreign labels. Alex learns that people who are strange or... more » different aren?t always to be feared. In fact, sometimes they can turn out to be friends."A portrait of an immensely likable sixth-grade girl dealing with the joys and tribulations of growing up while living with loss and learning to accept it."?The Horn Book« less