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1) The witches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
A young boy is placed in the custody of his eccentric witch-expert grandmother before being transformed into a mouse by an evil coven that is plotting against local kids.
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living...
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are--and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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AANHPI Heritage Month for Kids
All Together Now - Ages 6-11
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
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All Together Now - Ages 6-11
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Description
When Lily, her sister Sam, and their mother move in with her sick grandmother, Lily traps a tiger and makes a deal with him to heal Halmoni.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Formats
Description
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Author
Series
Lemonade war series volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Siblings Evan and Jessie must solve the mystery of a missing cherished family treasure while coming to terms with their beloved grandmother's unsettling behavior.
10) Olive's ocean
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
11) Porcupine
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"War-torn Afghanistan could not seem farther from Newfoundland, but it is about to change twelve-year-old tomboy Jack Cooper (or Jacqueline), as her mother insists on calling her) forever. When her father is killed in the war, she watches helplessly as her mother crumbles under sorrow and depression..."
12) Just Harriet
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble Island until she discovers a mystery involving her Dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Flora and Ruby move to Camden Falls with their grandmother, Min, after the death of their parents and meet Olivia and Nikki at the Needle & Thread, a Main Street sewing store run by their grandmother.
Author
Series
Sisters Grimm volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
To avoid foster home care while their mother is recuperating from illness, three children run off to the home of a grandmother they have never seen, where they find a cold reception and a terrible secret.
17) Sun & Spoon
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.
18) 13 treasures
Author
Series
13 treasures trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker's son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya's life is in danger.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Kenny Wright is a kid with a secret identity. In his mind, he's Stainlezz Steel, super-powered defender of the weak. In reality, he's a chess club devotee known as a "grandma's boy," a label that makes him an easy target for bullies. Kenny wants to bring a little more Steel to the real world, but can he recognize his own true strength before peer pressure forces him to make the worst choice of his life?
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