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1) Heidi
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Language
English
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.
2) Fever, 1793
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Language
English
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
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Fourteenth goldfish volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
5) Stone Fox
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Language
English
Description
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
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Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
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English
Description
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
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Series
Fourteenth goldfish volume 2
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 are part of life. --
8) The Wanderer
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Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
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Series
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English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul-stealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener's Bones, a part-human, part-machine mercenary.
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Series
Blossom family volume 4
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a big flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family continues coping in their rare family style.
13) Mañanaland
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
14) Heartbeat
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Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
15) Penelope Crumb
Author
Series
Penelope Crumb volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Fourth-grader Penelope Crumb's large nose leads to a family discovery.
17) Caleb's story
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Series
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English
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Description
Sequel to: Skylark.
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.
18) Quiet
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
19) Hey Grandude!
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Language
English
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Description
Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.
20) Ocean meets sky
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
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