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Language
English
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When her teenage granddaughter Jack happens upon a dead body while kayaking near their bungalow and becomes a suspect in the investigation, high-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon sets out to find the true murderer, uncovering a dangerous web of lies lurking beneath the surface of their sleepy coastal town.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
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 farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Struggling to understand why her beloved...
Author
Language
English
Description
Newly widowed, Eleanor Sunderland finds dreams of a family reunion in Nantucket shattered when her money-driven children suggest she sell the house and move to a retirement home, and finds a lone ally in her 22-year-old granddaughter, Ari, who moves in with her for the summer.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
An encyclopedia of games, facts and activities designed for grandparents to share with grandchildren includes such options as card tricks, camping out in the backyard, and creating an iPod playlist. Believing that "children respond best to narrative," the authors included a series of stories, facts, and discussion questions to use along with the suggested activities. Includes annotated reading lists.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Calvin Sidey, one of the last of the old cowboys, returns to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, to the very home he once abandoned, to stay with his grandchildren for a week while his estranged son is away. When family problems arise, Calvin solves them the only way he knows how: the Old West way.
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spending the night at Gram and Grandpa's house, Llama Llama discovers that he cannot sleep because he has left Fuzzy Llama at home, but Grandpa soon comes up with a solution to replace the stuffed toy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Daniel misses Grandpere, who lives far away. Until the next time they can see each other, Daniel draws pictures, writes letters, and sends care packages to Grandpere. Even when they're apart, there are many ways for Daniel to say 'I love you'!
15) Grandad's island
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story about a little boy coming to terms with the loss of his beloved grandfather.
17) Heidi
Author
Language
English
Description
Heidi, a Swiss orphan, is heartbroken when she must leave her home and grandfather to go to school and care for a sick girl named Clara in the city.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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.
19) Skyfishing
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl helps her grandfather adjust to his new home in the city with her family by inventing a fantastical fishing game.
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