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Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books/Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1970s Mississippi, the lives of three generations of women are thrown into upheaval and dark family secrets exposed when sixteen-year-old Cissy Pickering deliberately shoots and kills her father.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Raised in seclusion by fundamentalist grandparents who claim she is an evil product of her mother's sinful mistake, teenager Elle Edwards finally learns the truth about her conception and struggles with profound feelings of insecurity while pursuing a relationship with a vacationing boy.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a far fetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st Amer. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[28] p.: col. ill.; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Old Bob gets a teddy bear for his birthday because he never had one as a child, but his grandaughter, thinking the bear deserves better than to be stuck between dusty books, wants to take him home.
6) The flamingo
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
141 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In a nearly wordless novel, a little girl, while on a beachy vacation with her Lao Lao, finds a beautiful flamingo feather in her grandmother's house that turns her visit into something wonderful and magical.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A grandmother-granddaughter duo are eager to spend their summer together on peaceful Nantucket, but the season that unfolds brings about unforgettable surprises in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer's magical, multigenerational novel. Eleanor Sunderland loves living on the Nantucket cliffside, in a charming home that has been in her family for decades. Now widowed, she looks forward to the arrival of her children and grandchildren for...
10) Giant island
Author
Publisher
Flashlight Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this love letter to the Philippines (and to grandmothers), a young girl comes up with a brilliantly delicious way to attract customers after a heat wave leaves her lola's store empty."--
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a list of ways in which grandmothers can be special, using directive verbs, such as enjoying the outdoors by going camping and grilling hotdogs, or feeding their brains with books and chess.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
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"--
Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old biracial Japanese American girl grieves the loss of her beloved grandma and attempts to contact her beyond the grave.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.
17) A grand day
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrates the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
20) Granny and Bean
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Gray skies, foamy waves, and brisk wind await Granny and Bean when they head out for their day by the sea. But they are full of only wonder and delight at all the shore has to offer. They listen for the shrieks of the seabirds as they discover treasures hidden in the sand, greet dogs as they pass, leap over logs, and settle out of the wind for a cozy treat before tramping homeward again. Rendered in simple, lilting text by Newbery...