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2) Tom
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Once again Tomie dePaola draws upon his childhood, this time telling about his Irish grandfather, who says to him, "We're named after each other, Tommy. That's why I want to you to call me Tom, instead of Grandpa." They share a lot of silly times, which dePaola recounts in this charming book.
3) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Orphaned Heidi is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Alps, but soon grows to love the mountains. When she is taken to Frankfurt, her homesickness and a new friendship with a disabled girl called Clara lead to an extraordinary turn of events"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
6) Heartbeat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
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
Boxcar children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse and the old woodshed holds a surprising secret that dates from the Revolutionary War.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widowed mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. The Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hard-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he the real Lord Fauntleroy?
11) The Gullywasher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Leticia's grandfather, who was a vaquero as a young man, provides fanciful explanations for how he got his wrinkles, white hair, round belly, and stooped frame.
13) Circus Mirandus
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--Provided by publisher.
14) Grandpa loved
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Grandpa's love of life insures that he is still present, after his death, in the lives of all who loved him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After he and his mother move from California to Montana to live with his grandfather, thirteen-year-old Guy gradually adjusts to the unfamiliar surroundings, makes a friend, and learns to deal with a bully, with the help of his Frisbee-catching dog, Streak.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.
19) Grandpa Green
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Brothers Charlie and Mouse enjoy a special visit from Grumpy.
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