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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifth grader Robbie is determined to stay out of trouble so that she does not worry her grandfather whose memory is failing and to make sure that she and her grandfather stay together as he is the only family she has left.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, 'Sunny Side Up' is at once a compelling 'problem' story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Field party volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being away for two years, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place and a blossoming friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...
8) Old to joy
Author
Publisher
Gnome Road Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When young Joy goes to spend the day with Grandmama, she struggles to find beauty in all the old things at Grandmama's house. None of it looks or smells quite the same as it does at home. But as the day passes, Grandmama patiently helps Joy discover howthe old ways can bring joy to any heart. Whether it's the swaying of stately trees, bubbles dancing in a sink filled with dishes, the sweet scents of a lovingly tended garden, or the memories found...
10) My red hat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A grandfather passes down a hat that has seen a world of moments.
11) Rain
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's raining, but one little boy can't wait to go outside for an adventure with his granddad.--
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Jack's grandpa lives in a rest home and often mistakes Jack for his World War II squadron commander, but when grandpa wants to escape his boring situation, Jack has to decide how he will help him.
14) Snow
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Join a boy and his grandfather as they enjoy a snow day in the park!
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 1
Publisher
Annick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nội, a lot. But even though Grandma Nội passed away, it doesn't mean she's disappeared. When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them...
16) My grandparents
Author
Series
Publisher
Looking Glass Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lenny follows Layla for a school project and learns what it is like to live with grandparents.
17) Hello, fall!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A grandparent and child recall the beautiful and wonderful sights and sounds of a fall day spent together.
Author
Series
Merci Suárez volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
19) Fablehaven
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate in Connecticut, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
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