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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
William Lamar, known as "Scoob," goes on a road trip thorugh the South with his grandmother in her RV, visiting some of the major sites in the Civil Rights movement and learning about how people like him have been treated.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
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
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father.
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.
14) 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.
15) Transhuman
Author
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Luke Abramson, a terminally ill cellular biologist, injects himself with an experimental treatment that reverses the aging process in order to flee the FBI with his young granddaughter to obtain a not-yet-approved treatment for her inoperable brain tumor.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HaperCollins publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After she loses her husband, Anna agrees to drive her grandmother to San Francisco to deliver Japanese antiques to an old friend, as they both remember past difficulties in their relationship and try to find ways to heal.
17) The Mason jar
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What if your old college roommate called, raving about a book someone sent her, calling it the most beautiful book she's ever read? But, she said, it's about you. The author is your college ex-boyfriend!
19) Lucky strike
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nathaniel Harlow lives with his grandfather in a trailer park in Franklin County, Florida, and he has always been unlucky--but when he is struck by lightning on his eleventh birthday and survives, it seems like his luck starts to change.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Sarah and Charlie go to stay with their grandparents, it rains for days. At first, they have fun exploring inside the big, old house, but eventually they want to explore outside, too. When the storm passes they jump in puddles, draw a puddle map and finally find the biggest puddle in the world!
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