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Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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 destin and it's a lie that will remain buried until the next century.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow/Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Newbery honor book : 2004
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House/Literary Express
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A girl on the Prairies is torn between loyalty to her parents and to a friend. Virginia is very much taken by adventurous Jenny, but her parents consider Jenny a bad influence and wish she would end the friendship. Virginia keeps stalling and is dragged into trouble by Jenny.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock tells the rich and heartwarming story of a cab driver, a young attorney, and the elderly woman who will stop at nothing to give her granddaughter one special gift for Christmas"--
8) 13 treasures
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker's son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya's life is in danger. When children begin to disappear, she realizes that it is up to her, along with the caretaker's son, Fabian, to go into Hangman's Wood and find the truth. There she encounters a girl...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A grandmothers last wish is to communicate Gods love through an Irish chain quilt Taryn McKenna believes shes easy to forget. After being abandoned by her parents and left behind when her high school sweetheart joined the army, she vowed to never love again. She threw herself into her love for the outdoors and the pursuit of a college degree-something no one else in her family had ever accomplished. Her goal as a young teacher in the hills of North...
11) Bob
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
12) Love, Aubrey
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother.
Author
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Swindled out of his home by his gold-digging wife, successful accountant Gus Hollister returns to his grandmother Rose's Virginia farmhouse where he helps the residents of Blossom Farm expand their business and finds the courage to love again.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kate Donovan is burned out on work, worn down by her dating relationships, and in need of an adventure. When her grandmother asks Kate to accompany her to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to restore the grand old house she grew up in, Kate jumps at the chance, takes a leave of absence from her job as a social worker, and the two of them set off. Upon her arrival in Redbud, Kate meets Matt Jarreau, the man her grandmother has hired to renovate the house. From...
15) Nana in the city
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Anticipating a quiet summer at his grandmother's lake cabin when his family makes different plans, Adam befriends girl-next-door Alice, who proves to have a sense of humor and adventure when she accompanies him on a treasure hunt.
18) The whales' song
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.
19) Thunder cake
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
20) Tribute
Author
Language
English
Description
Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...