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From the author of "The House at Riverton" comes a story of outer and inner journeys as "Nell," abandoned as a child, leaves her adoptive parents in Australia and travels to England to trace her story, to find her real identity--a quest that ultimately leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family.
Author
Series
Lemonade war volume 3
Language
English
Description
Siblings Evan and Jessie must solve the mystery of a missing cherished family treasure while coming to terms with their beloved grandmother's unsettling behavior.
10) Yucky worms
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
While helping Grandma in the garden, a child learns about the important role of the earthworm in helping plants grow.
13) Green beans
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
Strict and proper Gramma, unhappy that her green beans won't grow, leaves for a vacation and has a surprise when she comes back.
15) Memory jars
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Freda uses jars to save everything from a chocolate chip cookie to the full moon, just as her grandmother saves summer blueberries. Includes a recipe for blueberry jam.
16) The witches
Author
Language
English
Description
The young hero of the story, although well educated about witches by his Norwegian grandmother, accidentally finds himself in the annual convention of the witches of England, and after overhearing secret plans is turned into a mouse, which doesn't stop him from taking on the Grand High Witch and her coven.
17) Apple juice tea
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
When Gran comes to visit, Polly wishes she would go home, until one night when Gran babysits
18) The best present
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
When Rosie is unable to visit her grandmother in the hospital, she sends her a special present instead
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Language
English
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Asian American Heritage Month
Asian/Pacific American Award
Junior Fiction Science Fiction
Newbery Award Winners
Asian/Pacific American Award
Junior Fiction Science Fiction
Newbery Award Winners
Description
When Lily, her sister Sam, and their mother move in with her sick grandmother, Lily traps a tiger and makes a deal with him to heal Halmoni.
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English
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, and the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
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