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1) Heidi
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Español
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Heidi is the story of a five-year-old orphan girl who has to go live with her grandfather, a lonely and somewhat rude man, in the Swiss Alps. Little by little, Heidi will win the affection of her grandfather and all the inhabitants of the valley. Her life will become complicated when she has to return to the city with her aunt Dete. A book full of innocence, where human values and love for nature are highlighted. .
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English
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When Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends … somehow. While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko,...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Eden Smith moves into the bizarre old mansion housing her grandfather, Vulcan Smith, she discovers a strange society of metalworkers whose mastery verges on the magical, and when her grandfather is punished for rebelling against the guild, Eden must complete a series of deadly feats to save him." Provided by publisher.
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Fourteenth goldfish volume 2
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie's Grandpa Melvin, a world-renowned scientist in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, comes for an extended visit, he teaches her that experimenting--and failing--is part of life.
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Alcatraz vs. the evil librarians volume 3
Publisher
Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Knights of Crystallia have taken away Bastille's sword and armor. Alcatraz, Bastille and their wacky relatives must figure out what's going on in order to save the Free Kingdoms from doom.
10) Indian shoes
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Language
English
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Description
Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
11) Newspaper hats
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A little girl, Georgie, visits her grandfather in the nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss, and manages to reconnect with him when they make newspaper hats for everyone.
12) Sugar and snails
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English
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Featuring a grandfather, and his grandson and granddaughter, this picture book provides a twist to a classic rhyme, "sugar and spice and everything nice."
15) Mañanaland
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Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
16) The big sting
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Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. A light-hearted and funny middle-grade novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Linda Mulally Hunt."--
18) The Wolf's curse
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English
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Accused of witchcraft and shunned by his fearful village, twelve-year-old carpenter's apprentice Gauge allies with another orphan to prove his innocence and capture the magical wolf hounding his every move.
19) The D.O.G
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English
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Lola is determined to get a dog, but first she must convince her mother and grandfather, get the rules changed in her building, and a few other things.
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