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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Author
Series
Mr. Putter and Tabby volume 4
Language
English
Description
When he gets too old to climb up the ladder, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby figure out an ingenious way to pick pears for pear jelly.
6) Not nothing
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.
8) Old school
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.
13) Grow up!
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Doctor Docter's Energy Replenerator turns Daniel (aka Loud Boy) and his superhero friends into prune-eating, cane-wielding old people.
Author
Series
Witches of Anderson House volume 1
Publisher
DK Flip
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Some very strange characters live in Anderson House, a retirement home for witches, and one of them is the magnificent Myrtle Stormwhisper. Myrtle is certain of one thing: she has given up magic for good. But when a knock at the door calls for her to pick up her wand again, she doesn't know if she can. It's been so long since Myrtle has cast a spell -- what if she's forgotten how?" -- Provided by publisher.
19) Worry stone
Author
Publisher
Northland Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
When a small, serious boy joins Amanda on the park bench, she remembers that once she was small and serious too, but she had Grandfather--and his wonderful stories.
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