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Grandfathers

  • King of the Castle
    Author:
    Stinson, Kathy
    Summary:

    By the prizewinning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bare Naked Book and Big or Little, this chapter book is about a man who spends every day in a school but who cannot read. Mr. Elliot has a job he loves. He is the custodian in...
  • Jump cut
    Author:
    Staunton, Ted
    Summary:

    Spencer loves movies, but real life is boring. When his late grandfather's will reveals the tasks he wants his grandsons to undertake, Spencer thinks he got screwed. He's not going to France or Spain. He's not even...
  • Heidi
    Author:
    Spyri, Johanna
    Summary:

    A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
  • Grandfathered : dispatches from the trenches of modern grandparenthood
    Author:
    Haysom, Ian
    Summary:

    "One summer, shortly after taking a step back from an illustrious journalism career, Ian Haysom found himself in charge of his first grandchild, Mayana, who was three at the time. As a healthy, energetic member of the baby-boom...
  • Finders and keepers
    Author:
    Collier, Catrin
    Summary:

    Harry's babyhood was blighted by a brutal step-father. When five, his mother marries a decent man, a coal miner and believer in workers' rights. He graduates from Oxford with dreams of being an artist and working in Paris. But...
  • Everything is illuminated
    Author:
    Foer, Jonathan Safran
    Summary:

    Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their...
  • Downhill chance
    Author:
    Morrissey Donna
    Summary:
  • Double you
    Author:
    Peacock, Shane
    Summary:

    When Adam Murphy learns that his late, revered grandfather, David McLean, hid a huge stash of foreign cash and fake passports in the family's cottage, he is stunned. Was Grandpa really a traitor, as some of the evidence suggests...
  • Dis-moi, Lily-Marlène
    Author:
    Normandeau, Michel
    Summary:

    «Cher Michel, Si vous lisez ce message, c’est que mon amie Germaine de Montréal aura assisté à votre spectacle “Mademoiselle de Paris” et qu’à la toute fin de la représentation, elle vous l’aura remis. Je lui ai demandé de décider elle-...
  • Devil's Pass
    Author:
    Brouwer, Sigmund
    Summary:

    Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher. When Webb's grandfather dies, his will stipulates that his...
  • Coda
    Author:
    Staunton, Ted
    Summary:

    When his brother Bunny vanishes from the Toronto City Hall skating rink, Spencer, a budding filmmaker, finds himself plunged into the stuff of movie thrillers: kidnapping, terrorists, intrigue, a missing document, a world-famous pop...
  • Close to the heel
    Author:
    McClintock, Norah
    Summary:

    No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond the grave, but when he gets there, nothing...
  • Capture of the Defiance
    Author:
    Smith, S. E.
    Summary:

    A young woman's trip to join her grandfather on his sailboat turns into a deadly race when he and the Defiance are taken, forcing her to seek help from old friends to discover what happened to him before time runs out.
  • Cadillac Beach
    Author:
    Dorsey, Tim.
    Summary:

    When a bunch of drunk salesmen from a condiment convention pull a practical joke on the wrong man, a hail of gunfire erupts. Meanwhile, Serge discovers a clue that may help him identify his grandfather's murderer. But before he can...
  • Broken arrow
    Author:
    Wilson, John, Ashby, Mark
    Summary:

    Steve is looking forward to a relaxing (and perhaps romantic) time under the Spanish sun with his friend, Laia. But when an email from his brother DJ arrives, implicating their grandfather in shadowy international plots involving...
  • Bleu-vert d'été
    Author:
    Goulet, Sylvain
    Summary:

    Sylvain Goulet est l’auteur de Susciter une réflexion qui t’appartienne, un livre de réflexion personnelle, et de huit romans, toujours sous le thème de l’inspiration. Le jeune Nathaniel, 16 ans, qui traverse une période d’anxiété, en...
  • Black Taxi
    Author:
    MOLONEY, James
    Summary:

    A laugh-out-loud comedy about bad-hair days, a gorgeous boy, big bums, another gorgeous boy, and oldies with attitude. Rosie lives in the awful suburb of Prestwidge. Her grandfather's black Mercedes provides Rosie with a new job as...
  • Billy Stuart and the Zintrepids
    Author:
    Bergeron, Alain M., Sampar, Watson, Sophie B.
    Summary:

    Billy Stuart is a young raccoon who aspires to be just like his grandfather, a globe-trotting adventurer who knows no fear. When he learns that his grandfather has found a way to travel through time and is leaving on another great...
  • Big city bees
    Author:
    De Vries, Maggie
    Summary:

    When Sophie and Matthew plant pumpkins, their grandfather explains to them why they need bees to make their pumpkins grow, but how will the bees find their garden?
  • Between shadows
    Author:
    Cook Waldron, Kathleen
    Summary:

    12-year-old Ari inherits his grandfather's unspoiled lakeside land and cabin. But his aunt and father want to sell it all to luxury hotel developers.

    It's bittersweet: Ari's beloved grandfather has died, but he's left Ari an...

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