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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn't protect her from life's cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve's young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting...
48) I wanna go home
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Through a series of letters, Alex tries to convince his parents that he should not be staying with his grandparents while they are away, but slowly comes to realize that he can have fun, even at Happy Hills Retirement Community.
49) I love Grandpa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A frog grandfather and his grandchild spend time together boating, eating, and enjoying each other's company.
51) Divali rose
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu "Festival of Lights." But when he breaks one of the special rosebuds that his grandfather planted, he must find courage to confess what he has done.
52) 1001 cranes
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
With her parents on the verge of separating, a devastated twelve-year-old Japanese American girl spends the summer in Los Angeles with her grandparents, where she folds paper cranes into wedding displays, becomes involved with a young skateboarder, and learns how complicated relationships can be.
Author
Series
Darius the Great volume 1
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
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Description
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Stump always has a fantastic time with his grandparents, filled with flowers, puzzles, crosswords, and endless love. But one day, Stump's grandfather starts to lose his memory--and his words, which literally fall from him. Stump tries his best to keep the lost words safe, collecting them in a special box. But Grandpa seems to forget more and more everyday, and the situation comes to a head one snowy night when Stump wakes up to find Grandpa missing....
Author
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Mental Health Awareness - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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"Junie Kim just wants to fit in. So she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention to herself. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out. Then Junie's history teacher assigns a project and Junie decides to interview her grandparents, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma's fierce determination to overcome...
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Mona McNeil returns to visit her grandparents' farm as an adult, she recalls the summer she spent there raising Kiki, a lion cub she got as an eighth birthday gift from her uncle Matthew--an experience the led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.
58) Little Champ
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Bobby and Gina visit their grandparents on Lake Champlain and learn about the legendary monster that supposedly inhabits the lake.
59) Journey
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Left by their mother with their grandparents, two children feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.
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