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Language
English
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When his daughter, Amy, collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Rosenblatt and his wife leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. He peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create a testament to familial love.
12) Faith Fox
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Language
English
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Description
A novel from the acclaimed author of Old Filth.
The story of a motherless girl named Faith and her family and close friends, all of whom are determined to see her live a happy life.
Faith's mother died in childbirth; her overworked father cannot raise his child alone; and her unconventional grandmother refuses to acknowledge the child whose birth took away the daughter she loved. And so a motley crew of family and friends converges to see that Faith...
13) Icy Sparks
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Icy Sparks has spent most of her life being ridiculed because she suffers from Tourette Syndrome, but as she grows older, she teaches the people in her town how to accept people for who they are, not what they appear to be.
14) Fablehaven
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents'estate they discover that it is a sactuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
Author
Publisher
Hazelden Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Provides guidance to the millions of grandparents who raise their grandchildren because addiction, mental health problems, incarceration, or immaturity leave the birth parents unfit. Offers insights from experts and grandparents about the new family dynamics; difficult birth parents; legal, financial, and medical issues; school and social challenges; and self-care"--
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Weaves two tales--one in which Pigeon, a young man, falls in love with Anielica and builds a house for her family before fighting for the resistance during World War II--and another in which Pigeon's granddauther, Beata, lives in a 1990s Kraków without hope until she uncovers family secrets.
17) Yasmin the vet
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When Yasmin discovers an injured cat she immediately slips into the role of vet to care for the animal with the assistance of her grandmother, while her grandfather tries to contact the owner.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle.
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Language
English
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"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 the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping...
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
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