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81) Wild spaces
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English
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"An eleven-year-old boy lives an idyllic childhood exploring the remote coastal plains and wetlands of South Carolina alongside his parents and his dog Teach. But when the boy's eerie and estranged grandfather shows up one day with no warning, cracks begin to form as hidden secrets resurface that his parents refuse to explain. The longer his grandfather outstays his welcome and the greater the tension between the adults grows, the more the boy feels...
82) Son of the South
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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In this poignant true story set in Montgomery, Alabama, a Klansman's grandson must choose which side of history to be on during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"When a young boy's grandfather dies suddenly, he feels overwhelmed and confused. They will never see each other again. To his delight, they meet again in a dream, where his grandfather takes him to Transfer City, where our departed loved ones live on through our memories. In this modern, Eastern telling of the afterlife, death is not an ending, but a new start to life, just like the Immortal Jellyfish which is constantly maturing and then regressing,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in which Federico rides his bicycle to the market for Abuelo's groceries, then stands up to a hungry wolf. Includes a recipe for pico de gallo and glossary of Spanish terms.
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Series
Little Pig (David Costello) volume 2
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Pig is too small to go to sailing camp with his brothers and sisters, so his grandfather makes him a model ship, and together they sail it on the stream--until it gets carried away by the current, and Little Pig has to rescue the ship before it is wrecked.
88) Sun & spoon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.
89) The lost cause
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English
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"It's thirty years from now. We're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can't let go? For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster...
91) Kiyoshi's walk
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kiyoshi asks his grandfather, the wise poet Eto, where poems come from, and Eto takes him on a walk through the city to seek an answer.
92) Grandpa grumps
Author
Publisher
Little Bee
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Daisy's grandfather, or Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.
Author
Series
Lotterys volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
94) Mañanaland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In a unique take on the cumulative classic "This Is the House That Jack Built," a family gathers with friends and neighbors to share a meal around a table that brims with associations: napkins sewn by Mom, glasses from Mom and Dad's wedding, silverware gifted to Dad by his grandma long ago. Not to mention the squash from the garden, the bread baked by Gran, and the pies made by the young narrator (with a little help). Serving up a diverse array of...
96) Finding Orion
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. He's the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as...
Author
Series
7 habits of happy kids volume 7
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Goob's friends help him after his grandpa passes away.
100) Ice cream summer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer--but all his activities revolve around ice cream.
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