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Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Helping her beloved grandfather John, who suffers from dementia, break out of his nursing home, 6-year-old Gracie Lynn joins him on a quest to chase the sun while her estranged parents frantically try to locate them before something bad happens.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When she discovers her grandfather's notebook, which is filled with stories of a miracle worker named the White Rebbe in league with the mysterious Angel of Losses, Marjorie embarks on a journey into the past to unlock the secrets he kept.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Curious and energetic Mei Mei attempts some t'ai chi forms as her grandfather demonstrates them, then tries to teach him basic yoga poses. Includes introductions to t'ai chi and yoga, as well as instructions for the exercises described in the text.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Halle Levitt arrives to spend senior year in her grandfather's small town, she meets Nash, her online best friend who thinks her online persona, Kels, is as confident and popular as he is.
67) Now
Author
Series
Once series volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felix's childhood friend.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
While his friends prepare for college, Oscar decides his future is working with his grandfather on their food truck Hej Hej!, but when Oscar unexpectedly gets his first taste of adulthood he realizes his plans may be half-baked.
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of dolphins with which she has been doing research.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 65
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the Alden children set out to solve a jewelry store robbery, they find they must also deal with a mysterious thief who steals their favorite cereal.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
74) Six sweets under
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Former actress-turned-chocolatier Becca Ransom, while testing new flavors in preparation for the annual Gondola Races, must prove the innocence of her grandfather, the event's organizer, in the murder of local curmudgeon Archie Smith, who was stirring up trouble in an attempt to keep tourists away from Larch Haven.
75) Edgewood
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to find her missing grandfather, Emeline enters the forest of Edgewood where she discovers not only that the stories of the fabled Wood King and his mythical court are true, but that her Pa's life is in danger and only she can save him--along with a handsome and brooding tithe collector, a surly blacksmith, and a lost childhood friend.
76) Stand by me
Author
Series
Family Is forever volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Romantic Christian women's fiction by acclaimed author Pat Simmons explores faith and love. Kym Knicely thought her days as a caregiver were over. But once she starts falling for family man Chaz Banks, caregiver to his seven year-old autistic granddaughter, Kym will need to make some sacrifices to get the family she always wanted"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 26
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.
79) Grumpy New Year
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Daisy, a young Chinese American girl, is excited to be celebrating the Lunar New Year with her Yeh-Yeh in China, but at first she is too grumpy from lack of sleep to enjoy the activities he has planned. Includes recipes for fried Jiao Zi (dumplings) and Eight Treasure Rice.
80) Fatal code
Author
Series
Snap Agency volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the global race for space domination, a cryptologist must overcome his greatest mistake to help the granddaughter of a nuclear physicist decipher the clues to a top secret nuclear project before it falls into the hands of America's enemies"--
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