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When a fourteen-year-old's world falls apart her horse is the only thing that keeps her going ... the wonderful new novel from an author to fall in love with!
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Sarah's grandfather was a horseman of rare talent - only the exceptional are allowed into France's elite riding academy, Le Cadre Noir. But life took an unexpected turn, and now from a council estate in east London, the Captain hopes to train his granddaughter towards a better life. Natasha...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Too many sweets spoil the murder . . . Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently widowed grandmother, she plans to honor her grandfathers memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition. But between lavender blueberry fudge and chocolate cherry ganache truffles, Bailey may...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
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"The “beautifully complex” (Woman’s Day) classic that made Kristin Harmel a superstar follows a woman who must travel from Cape Cod to Paris to uncover a family secret for her dying grandmother that could change everything. Updated with a new author’s note and recipes for this 10th anniversary edition! At thirty-six, Hope McKenna-Smith is no stranger to bad news. She lost her mother to cancer, her husband left her, and her bank account is...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"‘The desert hides dark secrets…’ MARRAKECH 1966 Vicky Baudin steps onto a train winding through Morocco, looking for the grandmother she has never met. It’s an epic journey that’ll take her to the edge of Atlas Mountains – and closer to the answers she’s been craving all her life. But dark secrets whisper amongst the dunes. And in unlocking the mystery of Clemence’s past, Vicky will unearth...
6) Trick
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A grandfather, used to living in solitude and obsessively focusing on his illustrating career, and his 4-year-old grandson match wits during a 72-hour babysitting stay in Naples. By the award-winning Italian author of Via Gemito.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival ? and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.During the Nazis brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Jack's grandpa lives in a rest home and often mistakes Jack for his World War II squadron commander, but when grandpa wants to escape his boring situation, Jack has to decide how he will help him.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi's past and present that is both an intimate portrait...
12) Peter & the wolf
Author
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relive the magic of Peter and the Wolf through this extraordinary modern retelling by award-winning musicians Gavin Friday and Bono. When a wolf is found roaming the woods, Peter’s grandfather warns him to stay at home. But Peter, who is mourning the loss of a parent, decides to venture into the deep, dark woods in search of this creature… This incredible retelling of the well-loved classic story, Peter and the Wolf takes children...
13) You be grandma
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Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Can you be Grandma and turn off the light? Grandma’s too tired to be Grandma tonight. She played dress-up and drank afternoon tea. Helped you climb up the Sycamore tree. Took a hike and went for a dip. Now she’s exhausted! There’s an ache in her hip. In this clever, rhyming picture book, a grandma tells her granddaughter that she's simply too tired to be Grandpa tonight and asks her granddaughter to take over for her. An utterly relatable...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Chronicles the story of an alienated New Mexico boy who seeks an answer to his questions about life in his relationship with Ultima, a magical healer.
Ultima is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, and she joins Antonio Marez's family when he is six years old, teaching him the magical secrets of the pagan past.
15) In her shoes
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden letters that reveal she and Rose have a grandmother, but Maggie ends...
18) My baba's garden
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
The special relationship between a child and his grandmother is depicted in this sumptuous book by an award-winning team. Inspired by memories of his childhood, Jordan Scott's My Baba’s Garden explores the sights, sounds, and smells experienced by a child spending time with their beloved grandmother (Baba), with...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"George loves Saturdays. That's because Saturdays mean time with Grandma Stella. The two of them love going on adventures downtown to visit the dinosaur museum and ride on the carousel! Even when they stay in, George and Stella have fun together, making cinnamon rolls without popping open a tube and sharing the biggest, best hugs. Then one day Stella is gone, and George is ready to cancel Saturdays."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Secretly providing for himself and a beloved grandfather who is succumbing to dementia, young Arlo is placed in the care of a social worker and runs away to find and connect with his only other family member.
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