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5) Santa Baby
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An exhausted Santa wishes for youth and ends up becoming a baby days before Christmas"--
Author
Series
Norvelt books volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
James has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory, but as his grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining new ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although he would rather be sipping an ice cream soda, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby attend a cooking class with Mrs. Teaberry and her dog Zeke, where they learn 100 ways to cook beans.
11) Cloud chaser
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Emery spends the summer building a flying machine with a new neighbor, an old man named Leon.
12) Old Pearl
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After Theo rescues an old, injured bird he names Pearl, he persuades his grandmother they should take care of her, and their special bond grows until Pearl passes away.
14) Old friends
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens Group"--
15) Kindred souls
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ali's aged great-grandmother, with whom he lives, tells him the one thing she wishes for that she never did was to see the sea, two days walk away across the desert, he sets out with a pail to make the journey for her.
18) Holding on
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl spends song-filled summers with her music-loving grandmother in the Philippines, but when her beloved Lola starts slipping into silence and stillness, the girl helps her grandmother hold on with music and the joyful memories the songs bring.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To relieve the boredom of a long, hot summer, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby join their fun-loving neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her mischievous dog Zeke on an adventurous sightseeing boat cruise.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In rural Minnesota in 1974, thirteen-year-old Pride Star, raised to be independent, must accept help from friends and neighbors to care for eleven-year-old Nightingale and six-year-old Baby when her grandfather is hospitalized with a brain infection.
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