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Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 1990Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POLCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLTeerdhala, Swati
Summary: "When her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower, Deepa Josyula wishes for her dream boyfriend, which sets in motion a chain of events that makes her question what her heart truly wants-- the perfect boy brought by magic or the uncertainty of the boy next door"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TEECoble, Colleen
Summary: "Carly Harris is trying to adjust to life as a single mom after the unsolved murder of her husband. When her grandmother suggests renovating the family home into a bed-and-breakfast, Carly discovers family secrets in the attic--including a treasure possibly worth millions of dollars. She reaches out to her next-door-neighbor, who is also a police officer, for advice, but Lucas Bennett gets more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC COBSimon, Nina
Summary: A murder next door in their coastal California town unites the estranged Rubicon women--Lana, her daughter Beth and granddaughter Jack--to protect their family and solve the crime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUXAvingaq, Susan
Summary: "Adventure begins when Grandma takes her two grandchildren out for a trip on the lake. After showing the kids how to prepare of a fishing trip, Grandma and the kids enjoy a day of jigging in the ice for fish. Grandma shows them everything they need to know to complete a successful fishing trip, from what clothes to wear, to how to drill and clear holes in the ice, to how to make a traditional...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AVIFuentes, Marcela
Summary: "In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre in the small border town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father's moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESimon, Nina
Summary: The Maid meets The Last Thing He Told Me in this fun, fresh, and twisty debut whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio who come together as amateur sleuths to solve a murder in their coastal California town. Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Zhenia is adrift in Los Angeles, pregnant with a baby her husband doesn't want, while her Russian grandmother and favorite person in the world is dying on the opposite coast. She's deeply disconnected from herself and her desires when she gets a strange call from Paul, a psychic medium who usually specializes in channeling dead pets, with a message from the other side. Zhenia's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2024
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Summary: Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend the Pride Parade in New York City.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MELChurchill, Amanda
Summary: In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie's handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they're about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie's handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they're about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: Ava Granados arrives too late to for her grandmother's deathbed blessing, then Nana appears as a ghost asking for help so Ava, with the help of her two older sisters and bumbling spiritual guide, Medardus, must befriend the mysterious boy who received the blessing the night of the storm.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CERPerry, Anne
Summary: "Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Winnie's gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Winnie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with during the holiday season, she begins...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC PER1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PER