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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 Easy, Call number: JE LEEFlorence, 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLOWillis, 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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Summary: "Francine loves her grandfather, but their time together is running out. He has one final wish: to see a male heir carry on the family traditions. Francine knows his ideas are outdated, but she would do anything for him. Her solution? Ask Ollie Tran, a family friend (and former crush, not that it matters), to pretend to be ceremonially adopted and act like the grandson A Gūng never had. Ollie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC QUAUegaki, Chieri
Summary: "A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UGEBurnham, Molly B.
Summary: Ten-year-old Dottie learns to navigate the odd spaces between grieving and everyday living when her newly widowed grandfather comes to stay with her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BURHrab, Naseem
Summary: After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRAGarbutt, Loretta
Summary: "A sensitive portrayal of loss and grief, told through a grandchild's inheritance of a stopwatch that belonged to Grampa. In this touching debut picture book about the loss of a beloved grandfather, author Loretta Garbutt explores the stages of grief with a delicate hand. The story opens with our narrator inheriting a stopwatch. For the grandchild, the object carries many cherished memories....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GARLe, Minh
Summary: A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEGalbraith, Bree
Summary: "Usha lives in a town where the sun hasn't shone for as long as anyone can remember. Only her grandfather remembers its brilliance and tells Usha stories about the time before other people took the sun away, building a wall to keep it all to themselves. So Usha decides to do something, and sets off in search of the sun. When at last Usha reaches the wall, she tries to kick it down, climb it,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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Summary: "Maximiliano Cordoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow. If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if he will make Santa Maria's celebrated futbol team and whether he'll ever meet his mother, who disappeared when he was a baby. He longs to know more about her, but Papa won't talk. So when Max...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC RYADonnelly, Paddy
Summary: Something mysterious is happening at Lake Loughareema. There are days the lake is beautiful, shimmering, and full. And then there are other days when it's ... empty. Meara sets out to explore the island and uncover the truth for herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yeehoo Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONRyan, Pam Munoz
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RYARiggs, Ransom.
Summary: A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RIGYolen, Jane
Summary: "Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flashlight Press 2022
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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 2015Lewis, 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 LEWPritchard, Caroline Kusin
Summary: "Melvin Kusin (1926 - 2018), called "Poppy" by me and his other grandchildren, was a World War II veteran, Senior Olympics track star, and Texas chili mix entrepreneur. Poppy's life was bold and full of unexpected turns. But of his many adventures, Poppy was most proud of leading our family's Passover Seder for seventy-two years in a row. He taught us that traditions have the power to bring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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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 SCHHarker, Jillian.
Summary: Little Bear thinks he knows the best way to catch a fish and the best way to dig a hole. But when Grandpa Bear shows him a few tricks, Little Bear realizes that sometimes the simple way is best.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARHolm, Jennifer L
Summary: Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC HOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Holm 2014Catherine, Maria
Summary: In pictures and simple text, a child and grandfather enjoy everyday moments together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CATRamos, Vanessa
Summary: Sixth-grader Selena Estrella Herrera's family moves to El Paso to help care for her grandfather, and she tries to reinvent herself by claiming her identity as *Strella--but the project her team chooses is about the singer Selena after whom *Strella is actually named.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED RAMKelly, Jacqueline.
Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2009