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For as long as fifth-grade Robinson Hart can remember, it's just been her and Grandpa. Robbie wishes Grandpa would tell her more about the rest of her family, she's learned over the years that he doesn't like to talk about the past. She's determined to stay out of trouble so that she does not worry her grandfather and to make sure that she and her grandfather stay together as he is the only family she has left. But Grandpa's memory is starting to...
5) Rain
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Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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It's raining, but one little boy can't wait to go outside for an adventure with his granddad.
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When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
11) Lucky strike
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Nathaniel Harlow lives with his grandfather in a trailer park in Franklin County, Florida, and he has always been unlucky--but when he is struck by lightning on his eleventh birthday and survives, it seems like his luck starts to change.
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From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are - and deciding who you want to be.
When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never...
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When Grandma comes to visit, and his parents leave them alone, the boy's grandmother encourages him to imitate a jaguar, until completely transformed they venture out into the night, exploring the world from a new perspective, and with a new freedom--until it is difficult to distinguish imagination from reality.
14) Berry song
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
15) A family mystery
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Join Miguel and his dog, Dante, as they solve a family mystery.
17) As brave as you
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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[2016].
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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
18) The turnover
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"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"--
19) The lost ryū
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Running out of time to make his grandfather smile once again before it's too late, Kohei searches for a ryū--a dragon of legend--in this multigenerational story about the lengths to which people will go to protect those they love.
20) Nonni's moon
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018.
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Beanie lives with her parents and twin baby siblings in the Middle East, far away from her 'Nonni' - grandmother - back in the States. Beanie misses Nonni and finds a way to communicate with her through the moon. As night falls, Beanie cannot see the message her grandmother sent. Her mother encourages her to quiet her mind and listen for it, and Beanie begins to hear ...
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