I am searching for a certain book, for got the name!?!?!?!?

Question: I am searching for a certain book, for got the name!!?!!?!!?!!?

I am pretty sure it has the word elves in the title, but it is realistic fiction about a young girl with a neighbor who goes to school with her, but they aren't really friends!. Nobody is friends with the protagonist's neighbor, and her neighbor claims to have little elves living in her backyard!. Her grandmother I believe is sick, and her neighbor always brings cream of wheat to school, but at home she was perfectly fine with a sandwich, Confusing, I know! PLEASE HELP!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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"Afternoon of the Elves" by Janet Taylor Lisle
http://www!.amazon!.com/Afternoon-Elves-Ja!.!.!.
"A fascinating portrayal of a manipulative yet touching friendship!. Nine-year-old Hillary lives in comfortable suburbia with her parents!. In the house behind lives tough, independent Sara-Kate!. Her father's gone, her sick mother hides, she dresses like an urchin, and is despised and mocked at school!. However, Hillary stumbles on Sara-Kate's secret; she tends a tiny village in her weed-filled back yard, a village where she says elves live!. Hillary is fascinated, and in helping her neighbor maintain the village, gradually becomes closer to Sara-Kate despite her school friends' disdain and parental disapproval!. She starts not only to believe in elves, but also to wonder if Sara-Kate is not one herself!. The ambiguous clues as to whether Sara-Kate is really an elf or just a disturbed child are so well wrought that readers will be as uncertain as Hillary!. The children's emotions and behavior are believable and authentic, depicted clearly without over-explaining, especially Hillary's inner conflict!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, I have no idea if this is right, but could it be The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim LaMarche!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

OH MY GOD!. I've read this book before, and I cant remember the title either! I read it in tfourth grade, I tried to supress that whole year [my teacher was crazy]!.
Hope you find it!.

[x]melanieinuyashaWww@QuestionHome@Com