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"From bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone comes the fiery saga of Perley Gates, a legend born out of the brutality and violence of the American West. He's the son of a cattle rancher. A restless young dreamer who, under normal circumstances, would follow in his father's footsteps. Normal, however, is not his style. Like his famous grandfather and namesake Perley Gates--a hell-raising mountain man with a heavenly name--young Perley wants...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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With over ten million books sold, Janet Oke's charming stories of triumphant women of the West have touched the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. When young Kendra, an orphan living with her Indian grandmother and trapper grandfather in the wilds, is sent away for schooling, she must make some very difficult choices about her future.
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Delacorte; Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Don't miss the laugh-out-loud classic about a boy who leaps into battle when he's forced to share a room with his grandfather—now a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle, Cheech Marin, and Oakes Fegley!
Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter’s room, forcing him upstairs.
Peter...
Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter’s room, forcing him upstairs.
Peter...
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The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...
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When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets--including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse--but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?
8) Gilead
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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"In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowa preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He "preached men into the Civil War," then, at age fifty, became a chaplain in the Union Army, losing his right eye in battle. Reverend...
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Can reconciliation occur when the betrayal has been so great?The past has harbored guilt and fear for Denali Deveraux, a successful young woman who finds that her desperate attempts to understand her beginnings may forever be shrouded in mystery. Her grandfather, Richard Deveraux, has manipulated her life with actions that clearly reveal his disdain for her, and her beloved auntsthe only ones who may possess the truthremain pawns under his control.Her...
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Random House
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[2014]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
14) Grandpa Green
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
15) Stand by me
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Family is forever volume 3
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"Romantic Christian women's fiction by acclaimed author Pat Simmons explores faith and love. Kym Knicely thought her days as a caregiver were over. But once she starts falling for family man Chaz Banks, caregiver to his seven year-old autistic granddaughter, Kym will need to make some sacrifices to get the family she always wanted"-- Provided by publisher.
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A luminous novel, a police thriller, and the funniest book about war crimes and dementia you are likely to readSheldon Horowitz-widowed, impatient, impertinent-has grudgingly agreed to leave New York and move in with his granddaughter, Rhea, and her new husband, Lars, in Norway: a country of blue and ice with one thousand Jews, not one of them a former Marine sniper in the Korean War turned watch repairman, who failed his only son by sending him to...
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Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister - Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her trepidation, she moves into the grand family home with her siblings...
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Alfred A. Knopf
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c2011
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Zelly Fried wants a dog more than anything, so at the urging of her grandfather, during the summer before sixth grade she takes care of a "practice dog" made out of an orange juice jug to show her parents that she is ready for the responsibility, even though she is sometimes not entirely sure about the idea.
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"When news of her grandfather's stroke sends Jo Beth Ellis back to the family farm, she finds it in danger of foreclosure. But renovating while trying to keep her independent grandfather in check is a huge job for one woman--and even more challenging when she receives her first client, the unruly fourteen-year-old Cheyenne, who is determined to do anything but cooperate. Jo is at the end of her rope when neighbor Brooks Moore offers her a deal she...
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