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Summary: "For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since Rakuto, on of the most popular guys in school, is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. Soon Sachie finds herself falling for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILLing, David
Summary: Children can come up with some pretty funny questions! Here in this warm and amusing story, Grandpa teases his granddaughters with some very unusual answers. The girls are spending time with Grandpa and his cats, and reject all his silly answers until one of them comes up with an idea that even Grandpa could not think of. This is a story that amuses and entertains grandparents and grandchildren...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starfish Bay Children's Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LINWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: The Boxcar children spend the summer with their Aunt Jane and discover the secret to her unhappiness and of Mystery Ranch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 1953
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WAR #4Wiggs, Susan
Summary: "In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relative--not counting her scoundrel father. But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it's best to move him to an assisted living facility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIGAdler, David A.
Summary: In his latest case, young Jeffrey Bones tries to discover the whereabouts of his grandfather's missing birthday present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ADLCarter, Anne
Summary: "The poignant tale of a young girl coming to terms with the departure of her beloved grandfather. Fear turns to hope as she realizes that no matter what, Poppa will always be close to her heart" Cf. Our choice, 2000.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lobster Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARWalters, Eric
Summary: "In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WALClement, Rod.
Summary: Soon after Grandpa's teeth disappear from a glass of water near his bed, Inspector Rate has the whole town under investigation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLEMcCain, John
Summary: Congressman John McCain explains how he learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 McCAIN, JOHN MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.9 MCCMeno, Joe.
Summary: "In the summer of 1995, a Korean War vet struggling to raise his sixteen-year-old grandson on a farm in southern Indiana receives a mysterious gift--a beautiful quarter horse--that upends the balance of their lives. The horse catches the attention of two meth-dealing brothers who steal and sell the animal. Grandfather and grandson pursue the ruthless criminals across the bleak heartland, all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MENPeterson, Tracie
Summary: When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets--including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse--but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PETMcCain, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Pub. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCCMcCain, John
Summary: The Navy veteran and U.S. senator describes the military careers of his grandfather and father, his own experiences as a POW in Vietnam, and his political career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9092 MCCZiefert, Harriet.
Summary: It's fun to spend time with Grandpa. He helps you find wiggly worms for fishing, and he holds our hand when you go out. A grandpa always makes you feel special. Lift the flaps and see all the terrific things grandpas do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ZIEÆvar Þór Benediktsson
Summary: "This is a story about my grandfather: how he got stranded on a volcanic island, was almost turned into barbecue and found the most important moment in the world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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Summary: In a tiny fishing village in Iceland, two grandfathers pass on their fishing traditions to their grandson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2005
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Summary: "From one of the country's most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life. After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl's most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 STARobin, Corey
Summary: "Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don't know: Thomas is a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist. In the first examination of its kind, Corey Robin - one of the foremost analysts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE ROBBenton-Banai, Edward
Summary: Recounts the legends, customs, and history of the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2010