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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After losing his college scholarship, Arthur discovers a journal written by his deceased grandfather and decides to follow the train route to the destination mentioned in the last sentence of the journal.
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 6
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Junie B is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.
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"Avital Cohen isn't wearing underpants--woefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic pelvic pain has forced her to sideline her photography dreams and her love life. It's all she can do to manage her family's kosher bakery, Best Babka in Brooklyn, without collapsing. She needs hired help. And distractingly handsome Ethan Lippmann seems the perfect fit. Except Ethan isn't there to work--he's undercover, at the behest of his ironfisted grandfather. Though...
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"Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list...
7) Wild swans
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Ivy, seventeen, wants to break the cycle of the Milbourn women, who lead dazzling lives and die young, but when the mother who abandoned her returns home, Ivy's world is shattered.
No summer classes this year, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to the family name. The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be all bonfires, barbecues, and friends. But when the mother who abandoned her returns home with two young daughters in tow,...
10) Drawn together
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Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
11) Scam chowder
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Pub. Date
2015.
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The author of By Cook or By Crook serves up a delectable novel that's "perfect for fans of good food, small towns and lighthearted mysteries" (Blue Moon Mystery Saloon).
Thirtyish Val Deniston loves the Chesapeake Bay tourist town she now calls home. Running the fitness club's Cool Down Café—and perfecting her five-ingredient recipes—is a dream come true. But keeping her grandfather out of trouble can be a...
Thirtyish Val Deniston loves the Chesapeake Bay tourist town she now calls home. Running the fitness club's Cool Down Café—and perfecting her five-ingredient recipes—is a dream come true. But keeping her grandfather out of trouble can be a...
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Fourteenth goldfish volume 1
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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.
13) Joone
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Five-year-old Joone, who likes ice cream sandwiches and the colors orange and purple, lives in a yurt with her grandfather and pet turtle, Dr. Chin.
14) Quiet
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
15) Tom
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Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1993
Description
Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.
16) Grandpa Green
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
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"On the family's Brazos River Ranch in Texas, Avery Elliott helps run her grandfather's commercial construction business. Raised by Senator Elliott, Avery has never doubted her grandfather is the man of integrity and faith she's always believed him to be . . . until the day she finds him standing with a gun over the body of a dead man. To make matters worse, Avery's just discovered a billing discrepancy for materials supposedly purchased for construction...
18) Heartbeat
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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.
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"Sheldon Horowitz--widowed, impatient, impertinent--has grudgingly agreed to leave New York and move in with his granddaughter, Rhea, and her new husband, Lars, in Norway--a country of blue and ice with one thousand Jews, not one of them a former Marine sniper in the Korean War turned watch repairman. Not until now, anyway. Home alone one morning, Sheldon witnesses a dispute between the woman who lives upstairs and an aggressive stranger. When events...
20) Forever hidden
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Treasures of Nome volume 1
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"When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets - including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse - but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?"--Publisher description.