Grandparents

Un grand-papa en or (French)

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Jüll voue une admiration et une confiance sans bornes à son grand-papa, dont il voudrait tant avoir le courage. Lors d'une balade en montagne, la nuit tombe et le garçonnet apeuré éclate en sanglots. Rassurant, son grand-papa le porte jusqu'à la maison et lui confie que lui aussi avait peur lorsqu'il avait son âge. Devant le scepticisme de son petit-fils, qui a peine à croire que son héros a déjà été un enfant, il partage avec lui les souvenirs que renferme son album de photos et lui explique qu'avec le temps, les personnes âgées perdent des forces alors que les enfants en gagnent.

The Thing About Luck

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Copies: 7

Summer knows that kouun means "good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has none of it. Just when she thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong, an emergency whisks her parents away to Japan--right before harvest season. Summer and her little brother are left in the care of their grandparents -- Obaachan and Jiichan -- who come out of retirement in order to harvest wheat and help pay the bills.

Author:

Cynthia Kadohata

Grandfather's Journey

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Copies: 1

Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.

Author:

Allen Say

Lexile:

AD650L

The Egypt Game (Unabridged)

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When Melanie Ross first meets April Hall, she's not sure what to think. What other sixth grade girl wears her blonde hair piled in a twist and flaunts false eyelashes? But when the two girls discover the storage shed outside the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, they discover they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. Soon the friends create the Egypt Game.

Author:

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1010L

Length:

05:11

Paint the Wind (Unabridged)

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A puzzling photograph, a box filled with faded toy horses, and a single fractured memory are all that Maya has left of her mother. In Grandmother's house in California, she lives like a captive, tethered by Grandmother's rules: no talk of her mother, no friends, no foolishness of any kind...until a shocking event changes everything.

Author:

Pam Munoz Ryan

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

780L

Length:

05:02

Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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Flora and Ruby do not want to move to Camden Falls. But they don't really have a choice - their parents are dead and their grandmother, Min, is taking them in. Min runs a sewing store, Needle & Thread, at the heart of Main Street in Camden Falls. There, Flora and Ruby become friends with Olivia, who likes to organize things, and Nikki, who lives on the wrong side of the tracks.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

860L

Length:

04:22

Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

Heartbeat (Unabridged)

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Run run run. That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beating...Thump-THUMP, thump-THUMP.

Author:

Sharon Creech

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

520L

Length:

01:29

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (Unabridged)

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Rosie and her best friend just can't seem to get along, but Granny Torrelli knows just what to do to make things better. With warm words and secret recipes, she helps Rosie see that nothing can break the bond between two life long pals.

Author:

Sharon Creech

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

810L

Length:

01:47

Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly (Unabridged)

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Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite. And that is why she can't wait for her friend Bree's Butterfly Birthday. It's going to be the fanciest birthday party ever! But when Nancy finds out she can't go because her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary party is the same day, she is furious. (Mad is way too plain for how she feels.) Will Nancy be able to overcome her disappointment?

Author:

Jane O'Connor

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:07

Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly (Unabridged)

The 39 Clues, Book 6: In Too Deep (Unabridged)

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A hint from their parents' past puts Amy and Dan on the trail of secrets their grandmother Grace would NEVER have wanted them to know. Awful memories begin to crowd in on Amy, just as her enemies circle closer. How far would she go to protect Dan? How much of a Cahill is she prepared to be? Perhaps Grace was right - some secrets are better left buried.

Author:

Jude Watson

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

550L

Length:

05:11

The 39 Clues, Book 6: In Too Deep (Unabridged)

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