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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same coin. 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...
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English
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1944 -- After her baby's father is shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards, jobless and broke, has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she -- or their grandson -- exists...(From book jacket).
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
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English
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"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family's life. "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two...
5) Fablehaven
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Series
Fablehaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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For Harry Potter Fans
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 3rd - 7th Grade
NYRA Intermediate
Rick Riordan Read-ALikes
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 3rd - 7th Grade
NYRA Intermediate
Rick Riordan Read-ALikes
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When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
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English
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Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Packed with surprises, heart, and stories within stories, this irresistible novel from an award-winning author celebrates food, fortune, and family. Welcome to the Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom’s plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance (where she and her family are the only Asian Americans)...
9) Snow country
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Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Two children and their grandparents wake to a snowy day on their farm.
Author
Publisher
Cider Mill Press Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grandma and grandpa, babushka and dedushka, oma and opa, bibi and babu--these names are near and dear to our hearts. Uncover the origins of these names in various languages and cultures around the world. This book celebrates the special bond between grandparent and grandchild. You may recognize what you called your own grandparents in these pages. With fun and unique names alongside those that carry cultural value, this book is perfect for first-time...
11) When Papa snores
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes the increasing intensity of his grandparents' snores--that annoy some but also provide a sense of security.
15) Angle of repose
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 35
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English
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An American masterpiece and iconic novel of the West by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegnera deeply moving narrative of one family and the traditions of our national past. Lyman Ward is a retired professor of history, recently confined to a wheelchair by a crippling bone disease and dependant on others for his every need. Amid the chaos of 1970s counterculture he retreats to his ancestral home of Grass Valley, California,...
16) Friction
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English
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"Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to deskwork and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer. " -- provided by publisher.
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Fablehaven volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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"Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long. In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice--but is he a traitor? Inside the quiet Box, Vanessa might have...
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Darius the Great volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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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.
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Alphabet friends volume 7
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple story about a young girl's summer visit to her grandparents introduces the letter "g".
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