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Series
Judy Moody volume 13
Language
English
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Description
Discovering Grandma Lou's mysterious "bucket list" of things that she wants to do in her lifetime, Judy Moody is inspired to create a list of her own goals, from learning to do a cartwheel to visiting Antarctica.
22) Bone's gift
Author
Series
Ghosts of ordinary objects volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bone is at the age when people in her mother's family often show signs of a gift, and lately strange things have been happening. When she touches certain objects, images wash over her. Pain is hidden in a rock at the bottom of New River. Whole stories are buried in the world around Bone. Is this her Gift? If so, Bone doesn't want it. And her Daddy is no help; he refuses to tolerate any discussion of the Gifts. The Bone finds an anonymous note: THE...
Author
Series
Grandma Dowdel volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
Language
English
Description
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping...
29) Jazz baby
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
�2007
Language
English
Description
Baby and his family make some jazzy music.
30) Mayday
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Wayne Kovok loses his uncle to war and his voice to a plane crash in the same year and must learn to speak up as he navigates relationships with his father, grandfather, and new friend, Denny Rosenblatt"--
31) Grandma's purse
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, her granddaughter cannot wait to see what treasures she has hidden in her purse."--
Author
Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Viking/Penguin Young Readers Group, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello, ' 'Thank-you, ' and 'Goodbye, ' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--
34) Holes in the sky
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
35) Switch
Author
Series
Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Gypsy Beaumont's magical savvy switches to its opposite when she learns that her mean and decidedly non-magical grandma has Alzheimer's and is going to move in with her family"--
37) Nonni's moon
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Beanie lives with her parents and twin baby siblings in the Middle East, far away from her 'Nonni' - grandmother - back in the States. Beanie misses Nonni and finds a way to communicate with her through the moon. As night falls, Beanie cannot see the message her grandmother sent. Her mother encourages her to quiet her mind and listen for it, and Beanie begins to hear ...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong.