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62) Fablehaven
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Kendra y Seth Sorensen van a pasar el verano con su abuelo, un hombre malhumorado que no parece querer saber mucho de sus nietos. Adems̀ de todo eso, no hay televisin̤, ni videojuegos, y el abuelo es extremadamente estricto en lo que se refiere a las normas. Pero s ̕que les dar ̀algo: seis llaves, un diaro con candado y un acertijo que ningn͠ otro niǫ ha resuelto jamas.
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover...
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After bidding goodbye to her friends Michael and Nicole, who are moving away, Piper and her sisters spend winter break with their two sets of grandparents in Piney Woods, Louisiana, where Piper learns that the best adventures are the unexpected ones.
Author
Series
Dani books (Rose Lagercrantz) volume 6
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dani's father is away, and she is staying with her grandparents. Dani remembers that it's Ella's birthday and she comes up with the perfect present, herself. Unfortunately, no one has time to take her to Ella. Then her grandmother asks her if she would dare go on her own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Every day is different. Some days everything goes right--you're in the groove and feeling like yourself. But some days, it's a lot harder to find happy because everything is just blah. Sometimes everything that should be fun just feels . . . flat. A young boy is having one of those dreary days, and nothing seems to help. But after trying his grandmother's way to shake the blues also fails, he discovers that happiness is easiest to find when you're...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The perfect fall treat for Grandma is an apple pie! But can you and Grandpa pull off the surprise? From the New York Times bestselling creators of How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a seasonal Step 2 early reader full of apple pie fun! When the weather is cool and the apples are fresh, the best things to do is warm up by baking an apple pie! It's grandma's favorite! Join Grandpa to create a delicious surprise to warm Grandma's heart on a chilly autumn...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Join Adanah on an alphabetical adventure as she goes to visit her grandfather in Modakeke, Nigeria. Every letter, from A to Z, is featured in this African alphabet book, including C for a camera to take pictures, E for an eagle spied above the trees, P for a pump for fetching water, and S for stories told by Auntie Sumbo. Adana recalls with excitement a memorable experience at her Granddad's village and the relaxed pace of rural life compared to the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For as long as Ryanna Stuart can remember, her summers have been spent with her father and his new wife. Just the three of them, structured, planned, quiet. But this summer is different. This summer, she's received a letter from her grandparents-grandparents neither she nor her dad have spoken to since her mom's death-inviting her to stay with them at an old summer camp in the Poconos. Ryanna accepts. She wants to learn about her mom. She wants to...
71) Walk two moons
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
73) Gigi and Ojiji
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this -enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young -readers coming back again and again. A must-buy." -School Library Journal (starred review) "The text is well supported by the endearing illustrations, which capture all of Gigi's big emotions and depict her as a biracial child, with a white father and Japanese mother." -Booklist (starred...
Author
Series
Big Foot and Little Foot volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A Sasquatch and a young boy deal with monsters, stereotypes, and cultural misunderstandings in this follow-up to Big Foot and Little Foot. Hugo is a young Sasquatch. Boone is a young boy. After an unlikely encounter, they've become an even unlikelier pair of best friends. After saving up his Monster Card wrappers, Hugo sends away for a special prize in the mail--a Monster Detector! Using the watchlike device, Hugo quickly spots a monster right in...
75) The octopus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.
Author
Series
Cam Jansen adventure volume 20
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When Cam's grandparents are robbed on their way to her parents' surprise birthday party, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven, they discover that Grandpa Sorenson has asked three specialists to protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, a group determined to steal an artifact of great power from the preserve.
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