Mayer, Mercer
Summary: A little creature and his grandfather have fun on a trip to the department store.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Book 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MAYLee, Sophia N.
Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LEEWillis, Jeanne
Summary: A girl who is always outshone by her older sister is comforted by her grandfather, who reminds her that everything and everyone is made of stardust that shines in all different ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILMartin, Ann M.
Summary: Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MARMaddox, Jake
Summary: Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2015Manapov, Masha
Summary: Marcus's joy over a new pair of shoes prompts his grandfather to tell him a story about Ariba, who has an unusual relationship with a persistent pair of shoes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MANLewis, Axel
Summary: This year the robot races are just for children, and Jimmy Roberts is entering the robot taxi his genius grandfather has built--but he will have to compete with a racer designed by NASA engineers for the wealthy and unscrupulous Horace Pelly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWLewis, Axel
Summary: For the third leg of the robot races the contestants must choose between three possible Arctic routes, all of which are dangerous--especially when some of the racers are not playing by the rules.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWLewis, Axel
Summary: Jimmy Roberts and his robot, Maverick, are ready for the next stage of the robot races which will go through the Amazon rain forest, but his enemy Horace Pelly is equally determined to win--and he does not care how he does it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWFlorence, Melanie
Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017
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Summary: The fourth leg of the robot races requires Jimmy and the other contestants to navigate a route through the Sahara Desert--without a navigation system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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Summary: When her friend Leah's grandfather has a rare and valuable orchid stolen and her own grandfather ends up as a suspect, Melody enlists the help of her cousin Val, and Leah herself, in finding the real thief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BERCoulson, Art
Summary: Twins Harley and Rhiannon Hummingbird travel from their Oklahoma home to their grandparents' new cabin in northern Wisconsin where they not only learn about the best techniques in having a successful day fishing, but also about teamwork and persistence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COUBecker, Shelly
Summary: A girl and her grandfather enjoy each other's company as they go on an outdoor adventure together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BECJones, Pip
Summary: Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JONLloyd, Toby
Summary: A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2024
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Summary: Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DOCLupica, Mike
Summary: "When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUPSchachte, Kylie
Summary: Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong-- like stumbling upon a classmate's body years ago. When she gets a midnight call from Ava, who had ignited Flora's heart last summer, she arrives just in time to witness Ava bleed out in a dark alley. Now Flora is set on a path of rage and vengeance for all the dead girls whose killer is never found. She begins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books /Little, Brown 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHMarshall, Joseph
Summary: Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader andwarrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARWilliamson, Joshua
Summary: Danny falls through the attic window and breaks the curse, setting all of the ghosts free, including the Captain, who will stop at nothing to regain his treasure! --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WILWilliamson, Joshua
Summary: Danny hears of an escape route in the attic, but in order for him to get out of the mansion, he'll need to get past Constance, who is getting ready for her… next wedding?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC WILWilliamson, Joshua
Summary: "When a ghostly woman appears to Danny urging him to come to the haunted mansion and help his dead grandpa's spirit, Danny enters the house and agrees to help the spirits trapped inside, that is if he can survive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2017