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81) A song of frutas
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Author
Publisher
MIT Kids Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Ada knows that the best place for star-gazing is on the island in Maine where she vacations with her grandparents. By day, she tracks osprey in the trees, paddles a kayak, and hunts for shells. But she's most in her element when the sun goes down and thestars blink to life. Will the fog this year foil her plans, or will her grandfather find a way to shine a spotlight on the vast puzzle of the universe ... until the weather turns?"--
Author
Publisher
PUSH
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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For most of his young life Avery has dealt with his alcoholic mother with the help of his grandfather Pal--he immerses himself in poetry and popular music, and now that high school is over for the summer, he makes out with his best friend Luca (who understands about alcoholic mothers), but the death of his grandfather creates a hole in his life that he can not seem to crawl out of.
85) The lost cause
Author
Language
English
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"It's thirty years from now. We're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can't let go? For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster...
Author
Series
Fourteenth goldfish volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie's Grandpa Melvin, a world-renowned scientist in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, comes for an extended visit, he teaches her that experimenting--and failing--is part of life.
87) Grandpa grumps
Author
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Daisy's grandfather, Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.
88) Drawn together
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
89) Hour of the bees
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With his dying words, H -- Jacob's final connection to his grandfather Abe's secret life -- entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V. Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor -- Save the future of all peculiardom. With only a few bewildering clues to follow, Jacob must figure out how to find V, the most enigmatic,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening--and sure enough, everyone is lined up at town hall! For the very...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Things got out of hand for befuddled father George Banks when his young daughter unexpectedly announced her plans to wed. Life gets even crazier in the side-splitting sequel when his daughter and his wife both announce they are pregnant, and George desperately tries to capture the wild and crazy days of his youth.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An international best seller: a vivid, masterly novel about a Flemish man who reconstructs his grandfather's story--his hopes, loves, and art, all disrupted by the First World War--from the unflinching notebooks he filled with pieces of his life. The life of Urbain Martien--artist, soldier, survivor of World War I--lies contained in two notebooks he left behind when he died in 1981. His grandson, a writer, retells his story, the notebooks giving...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name?"--
97) Grandad's camper
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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A child who enjoys Grandad's stories of his travels and adventures with Gramps persuades him to fix up their old camper and take another trip, in honor of Gramps.
Author
Series
Lotterys volume 1
Language
English
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Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Tells the story of a loving granddaughter who worries about her grandfather's depression after the loss of her grandmother and enters a contest to travel to the moon, with unexpected results.
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