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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.
11) Pianna
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Anna learns to play the piano and continues to play all her life.
14) Grow up!
Author
Series
Adventures of Daniel Boom volume 4
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
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Eli the dog has been with Astrid since she was a baby, and now that Eli is getting older and slowing down, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him, but knows what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid.
20) 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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