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2) Nana's Gift
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A string of perfectly formed pearls - it would take Duncan years to save the money required to purchace them. But his carefully kept secret, his sacrifical gift, becomes a symbol of the family legacy. For their last great- granddaughter who has a very special need, the pearl necklace will take on extraodinary value.
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"Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorce--the New York house, the friends, and her pride. Now back home at her late great-grandmother's estate in Colorado, she finds herself face-to-face with Noah Harrison, the bestselling author of a million books where the cover is always people nearly kissing. He's just as arrogant in person as in interviews, and she'll be damned if the good-looking...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
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English
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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, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
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When Gran Thomas finds herself hospitalized, the prognosis for a complete recovery is bleak. Her young grandson Tommy cannot understand why she will no longer be there for him, or why she is so sad. He feels he must do something to help her. Finally, when Tommy pushes himself through the secret opening in Gran's wooden fence, he discovers a gift of love that promises to bind them together forever.
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Green Knowe chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist.
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Nana's Gift (1996) : The gift had its own story because of the one who had given it to her and because of how long he had scrimped and saved to make it hers. And then, years later, it had become a family treasure, a legacy. Now a beloved great-granddaughter is facing the best and worst life could send her way. Maybe the gift will help her with her special need.
The red geranium (1995) : A very different gift but no less valued from a little boy...
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Green Knowe chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants.
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At thirty-three and with her future unclear, Ali Waller finds her way home again. A box of long-forgotten love letters written to her great-grandmother holds the unlikely key to Ali finding her new path. As she tracks down the letter writer and his descendants, Ali learns the magic of love, hope, and resilience. Told by three characters, and across century and an ocean, Genealogy is an enchanting story about love and loss, taking chances, and embracing...
13) It creeps!
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Ghost detectors volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy, armed with a ghost detector ordered from Beyond Belief magazine, make a late-night trip to a haunted house, despite the warnings of Malcolm's great-grandmother.
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Ghost detectors volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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While his great-grandmother seeks her deceased husband, ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy have no trouble finding a ghost on which to test Malcolm's latest gadget--a ghost zapper.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
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English
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"When Jamie and great-grandma Bubbie meet friends and neighbors while walking around the neighborhood, Jamie helps Bubbie understand that it's important not to assume a person's pronouns based on appearance, and to always use the name and pronouns they go by: he, she, they, or something else"--
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"The story of a boy with extraordinary ears who -- with the help of a cache of his great-grandmother's letters -- brings healing to a town burdened by the sins of its past. Young Maris has been summoned to his mother's bedside as she nears the end of her life; she feels she must tell him her version of their family history, the story of his early life, and the ways in which he changed the lives of others. Maris was born with what some might call a...
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"Generations of secrets unfold as a young college student learns the truth about her great-grandmother's World War II heartbreak and love. For fans of Francine Rivers and Karen Kingsbury. Brianna Hastings's life seems dull and full of disappointment until a handsome young man visits her church. She's instantly smitten by the charming Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life--the kind of life she longs for. But when a college history assignment...
19) Bisa's Carnaval
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2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
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English
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In the city of Olinda, Brazil, Clara is looking forward to the Carnaval street parade, with the colorful, fantastic costumes that her great-grandmother makes for the family -- but her Bisa is too old to follow the parade, so Clara decides to bring the parade to her.
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"A brilliant and absorbing drama."
-Good Housekeeping (UK)
A fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, Katherine Webb debuts with a haunting novel about a secret family history. Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, Webb's The Legacy is a treat for every fan of upmarket women's fiction and literary suspense in the vein of bestselling authors Kate Morton, Sarah Waters, and Diane Setterfield. Taut, affecting, and surprising-a story...
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