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1) Stone fox
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Language
English
Description
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
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Language
English
Description
"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose--wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned--Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression...
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Series
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English
Description
"Natalie Harper feels she must sell the bookshop she's inherited to pay for her grandfather's care, but he refuses to acquiesce, and renovation of the store and its studio apartment push her life in a whole new direction. Besides, she loves the store and its books provide welcome solace for her overwhelming grief. After she moves into the small studio apartment above the shop, Natalie carries out her grandfather's request and hires contractor Peach...
8) Heartbeat
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Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell creates another masterpiece of excitement and chills, passion and surprise. Die in Plain Sight. When Lacey Quinn inherits the striking landscapes done by her late, much-loved grandfather, she believes they are as good as anything hanging in museums. But the paintings now in her possession are more than the works of a talented master. They are anguished voices from the grave . . . crying murder! Lacey...
11) The grandpa book
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Language
English
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Description
Presents the different ways grandfathers show their grandchildren love, from putting extra marshmallows in hot chocolate to sending cards and telling stories.
13) Tom
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.
14) Just like Jackie
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Language
English
Description
"Fifth grader Robbie is determined to stay out of trouble so that she does not worry her grandfather whose memory is failing and to make sure that she and her grandfather stay together as he is the only family she has left." --
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Series
Junie B. Jones ; 6
Language
English
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Description
Junie B is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.
17) Life expectancy
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Language
English
Description
With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with an emotional roller coaster of a tale filled with enough twists, turns, shocks, and surprises for ten ordinary novels. Here is the story of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy—a story that will challenge the way you look at good and evil, life and death, and everything in between.
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18) Drawn together
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy." --