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Hailed as "a masterpiece" (NPR), Tinkers, Paul Harding's Pulitzer Prize - winning debut, is a modern classic. The Dallas Morning News observed that "like Faulkner, Harding never shies away from describing what seems impossible to put into words." Here, in Enon, Harding follows a year in the life of Charlie Crosby as he tries to come to terms with a shattering personal tragedy. Grandson of George Crosby (the protagonist of Tinkers), Charlie inhabits...
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"Returning home at Christmas, a young man receives an inheritance he never expected--six cats in need of homes"--
After six years abroad, Garrison Brown returns home to Vancouver to build a new life. When his beloved grandmother passes away a few weeks before Christmas, Garrison goes to her house to sort out her belongings, including six cats who need new homes. While Garrison hopes to dispense with the task quickly, his grandmother's instructions...
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2020.
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"A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the...
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"Theodore Hamilton's good friend and Joey Anderson's great-grandmother, Sally May Anderson, touched many lives during her lifetime. Joey, however, has little interest in his great-grandmother's final wishes when she dies - until he learns that she has left him Anderson House, her bed-and-breakfast. But he will only inherit if he lives there and follows Sally May's instructions. How can Joey ever meet her challenge? Jason Stevens knows how Joey is...
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"When 73-year-old Emmy Hart asks her to help revitalize Hart's Hollow farm, Kristen accepts, despite her fears about becoming too attached to the family; and then there's Emmy's ruggedly handsome grandson."--Publisher.
From the moment Kristen Daniels arrives at Hart's Hollow, the place speaks to her soul. So when seventy-three-year-old Emmy Hart asks Kristen to help return the farm to its former glory, Kristen accepts--despite her fears about getting...
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2015.
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When Ethan's grandma suggests they take a zip line to school, Ethan realizes that his grandma is a little different. In fact, she's a ninja! Ethan is soon the hit of the school when his grandma drops from the ceiling at show-and-tell, and teaches the kids karate moves and how to do backflips in slow motion. But when his grandma deflates his team's soccer ball, everyone is upset--including Ethan. Why can't he just have a regular grandma? But when Ethan...
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In a quirky farmhouse outside Boston, seventy-year-old Percy Darling enjoys a vigorous but mostly solitary life until, in a complex scheme to help his oldest daughter through a crisis, he allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn. The abrupt transformation of Percy's rural refuge into a lively, youthful community compels him to reexamine the choices he's made since his wife's death, three decades ago, in a senseless accident that haunts...
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Following his remarkable fiction debut, Rope Burns, author F. X. Toole's Pound for Pound is a big, brawny novel of honor, perseverance, family, and forgiveness, set in towns where violence is the norm and success stories take on an almost mythic importance. It is the story of Dan Cooley, an aging, legendary Los Angeles trainer, who takes on Chicky Garza, a troubled young fighter hungry for glory in the notoriously corrupt San Antonio boxing circuit....
10) Earth
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2014.
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One of the undisputed masterpieces of the cinema, no single viewing of Earth will ever reveal all of its poetic brilliance. An old farmer dies, his grandson has a new vision to bring prosperity to his poor Ukraine village.
11) Bad grandpa
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[2014]
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Johnny Knoxville reprises his Jackass role as 86-year-old Irving Zisman. Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his eight-year-old grandson Billy. The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants, funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons, and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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760L
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Jack's Grandpa wears his slippers to the supermarket serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner and often doesn't remember Jack's name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day. An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart.
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"Celebrate the special bond between grandparents and grandsons in this beautiful and touching book based on the New York Times best selling works by Gregory E. Lang. Why we need grandsons captures the unconditional love shared with charming illustrations and heartwarming rhymes."--
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Ultimate Gift volume 04
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"Sally Mae Anderson touched many lives during her lifetime as Theodore Hamilton's assistant in The Ultimate Gift. Despite this, her great-grancson, Joey, has little interest in her final wishes after she dies--until he learns that she's left him Anderson House, her successful bed-and-breakfast. But he will only inherit it if he lives in Anderson House and follows Sally May's exacting instructions. Howcan Joey every meet her challenge? Jason Stevens...
15) Gramma Lessons
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"In Gramma Lessons, based on his current experience and observations, a young grandson educates his, and all would-be, grandmothers in the quirks and qualifications needed for this esteemed role. Delivered in a manner that honors the idiosyncrasies of grandmothers, the whims and wonderings of childhood, and the endearing bond between grandparents and grandchildren, Gramma Lessons delivers a delightful tribute to this cherished role ..."--Inside jacket....
16) The wolf and me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 5
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490L
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Bunny is in trouble. Again. He's locked in a cold basement room, wearing his skates. Where is he? And why do his kidnappers keep asking about his dead grandpa and some weird national anthem? All Bunny knows is that he has to get home, even if he has to skate all the way.
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Seven volume 5
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Every family has a black sheep - and Rennie's it. When he puts his mind to something - revenge, proving someone wrong, driving his father crazy - he's unstoppable. Which turns out to be a good thing when the grandfather he barely knew sends him to Iceland, of all places, and his stubbornness and will to survive are put to the ultimate test.
18) Coda
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
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630L
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When his brother Bunny disappears, Spencer finds himself plunged into the stuff of movie thrillers: kidnapping, terrorists and a rogue alligator. As he races the clock to save his brother, he must sort the real from the make believe and unravel a mystery involving his grandfather.
19) Sleeper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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660L
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DJ wants it all: the car, the girl and the truth about his grandfather. After jetting across the Atlantic, DJ follows a series of obscure clues and symbols that lead him deep into the world of British espionage, complete with guns, double agents and a vintage E-type Jag.
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"Death isn't unexpected in a nursing home. But murder is. Freddy leads a life of little responsibility. His mother is dead, his sisters are far-flung across the globe, and he can't quite work up enough motivation to find himself a girlfriend. Freddy has been forced to place his beloved grandmother, now deep in dementia, in a nursing home. Freddy visits her often, cherishing and also hating the time he spends with the grandmother he always adored,...
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