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"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family -- their two daughters and two sons, their grandchildren, even their faithful old dog -- is on the porch, listening contentedly as Abby tells the tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different too: Abby and Red are growing older, and...
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Series
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
You don't know everything about your grandparents--did you know they are actually spies? When your parents go away for a long weekend and your grandparents are in charge, you and your brother and sister can go zip-lining, or maybe even to the moon? your grandparents are happy to call in a few favors, but they might need your help. A man with a scar has stolen an important briefcase. Where will you go? YOU choose what happens next.
Author
Series
Love comes softly volume 4
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Clark and Marty visit their daughter Missie and her husband Willie in the far West and meet their two little grandsons, but their faith is tested once again when the visit is marred by a tragic accident.
9) Let him go
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond--Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken happy. When he has a "meltdown" she's the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She's the one who knows what Chicken needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat has been the glue holding her family together. But even the strongest glue sometimes...
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 21
Description
In an effort to stop the Sphinx from opening the demon prison Zzyxx, Kendra, Seth, and the Knights of the Dawn race to find the exotic artifacts and keep them out of the Sphinx's control.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
Overview: Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers. With them there is always time to stop and look just as long as you like. This gentle story about the warm, happy relationship between the oldest and youngest ones in the family was originally published in 1959 with illustrations by Paul Galdone. Now freshly reillustrated by the internationally...
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Sara Murray had never met her mother's parents and was surprised to learn after her death that they were Amish living in Pennsylvania. When she is finally able to make the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been living with them and pretending to be Sara. Sara can't understand how quickly her grandparents are willing to forgive the impostor. Secrets and deceit seem to follow Sara, and she is so tired of it. Though soon she...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother, Seth, find themselves racing back to Fablehaven, a refuge for mythical and magical creatures where their grandfather is caretaker. The Society of the Evening Star, an ancient organization determined to infiltrate the preserve and steal a hidden artifact of great power, is storming the gates. If the artifact falls into the wrong hands, it could mean the downfall of other preserves and possibly...
18) American woman
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
19) Grandpa's soup
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After the death of his wife, an old man gradually realizes that making the soup she used to cook and sharing it with friends eases his loneliness.
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