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Pub. Date
2022.
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"1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth, is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when's she home with her cherished grandchildren, Vi and Eric, she's just Gran-teaching them how to take care of their pets, preparing them home-cooked meals, providing them with care and attention and love. Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Iris-silent,...
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distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
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Your basic Cinderella makeover story with a fresh and affectionate twist. Mia is a frizzy-haired, glasses-wearing 15-year-old girl whose two highest ambitions are to become invisible and to get a few kisses from an attractive school heartthrob. She is stunned and horrified when her coolly continental grandmother shows up and informs her that she's the crown princess of the European principality Genovia. Soon enough, Mia has to undertake "princess...
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A heartwarming and hilarious New York Times bestseller from Fern Michaels, the acclaimed author of No Place Like Home and Crown Jewel, that will delight and inspire you this and every holiday season!
Right before Thanksgiving, a freak tornado descends on Larkspur, the small town in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco-affectionately called Cisco by her grandchildren-lives, and levels the home she's inhabited...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house....
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"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...
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In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It?s a decision that will alter her destiny?and it?s a lie that will remain buried until the next century. Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina is unconcerned by reports of Nazi soldiers at the Polish border,...
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
10) The Witches
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
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"In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade "Grandma's Boy" whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"--
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Rosamunde Pilcher's beloved, #1 New York Times bestselling novel is the captivating story of one family--mothers and daughters, husbands and lovers--and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown...
14) A gift for Nana
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Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
©2022
Description
"A little rabbit is on the hunt for the perfect gift for his grandmother"--
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Publisher
Familius LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Wanting to show her grandma a snowy American Christmas, Tessa mails a card with only a drawing of Christmas fairies and the words Ouma (that means Grandma) and Cape Town, South Africa. The letter carrier who finds it knows that it can't go to Cape Town, so he puts it in his pocket. With no name, no street, and no stamps, how is Ouma ever going to get Tessa's letter? Follow the magical journey of a child's Christmas card traveling 10,000 miles across...
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Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A grandmother explores her special garden with her granddaughters. Wonder grows everywhere but Grandmother especially loves to show it in her story garden. She invites her granddaughters to join her there in a sweet meditation on the treasures she's brought to that magical place--the rocks, the shells, the crystals, the meteorites : how they came to be, how they were formed, how they each have a story to tell"--Provided by publisher.
17) Nana in the city
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Publisher Annotation: A heartwarming bilingual picture book about a young boy who learns to accept that Abuela needs to retire her super capa. Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela gets sick, Luis has to learn a new way to be a hero. With some help from his sister, Luis learns that change isn't all that bad and there are many new adventures to...
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