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You are so young. You may wonder what an old man like me could teach? I wonder as well. I certainly don't claim to know all the answers. I'm barely figuring out the questions....Life has a strange way of repeating itself and I want my experience to help you. I want to make a difference. My hope is that you'll consider my words and remember my heart.
Harry Whitney is dying. And in the process, he's losing his mind. Afflicted with Alzheimer's...
Harry Whitney is dying. And in the process, he's losing his mind. Afflicted with Alzheimer's...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family's life. "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.
44) De daonde eres?
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
When other children and their parents keep asking a young girl where she is from, she puts the same question to her grandfather who describes the land and people from which her family originated.
45) As brave as you
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A spare ... [and] bittersweet ... story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future"--
In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the...
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Every summer Daniel and his two siblings visit their grandfather's ranch. This summer Daniel faces the ultimate challenge of breaking in his first horse, and quickly learns that success will not come easy. As Daniel struggles to become a seasoned wrangler, his vibrant enthusiasm inspires his proud and stubborn grandfather to reclaim the peace and serenity of his youth.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told...
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Publisher
Spotify Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers but by drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.
52) Grandma's boy
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
By day, 35-year-old Alex is the world's oldest video game tester, but at night he is privately developing the next big game for the X-Box generation. When one of his roommates spends all the rent money on Filipino hookers, Alex gets kicked out of his apartment. He finds himself forced to live with his grandmother and her friends Grace and Bea. To save face with his friends and co-workers, he brags about the three hot babes living with him.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Einar is a crusty old rancher who does what he can to hold onto his Wyoming ranch. It's been a struggle for years; his son was killed in a car crash, his wife left him, and his longtime friend and helper, Mitch was recently mauled by a bear. Now, Einar has to care for Mitch and help him recover. Jean and her daughter, Griff, have to leave Jean's current abusive boyfriend. The only place they can go is the ranch of Griff's grandfather, Einar, who only...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Secretly providing for himself and a beloved grandfather who is succumbing to dementia, young Arlo is placed in the care of a social worker and runs away to find and connect with his only other family member.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In an intergenerational winter's story full of quiet wonder, a little boy takes his grandfather for a walk down a forest trail. The boy shows Grandpa how to jump in the snow and how to make it splash into the creek. Grandpa shows the boy rabbit tracks and deer hiding among the trees. They greet their animal neighbors by name: Raven, Rabbit, Deer, Sparrow. Back home, the little boy sets the table with cookies while Grandpa pours the milk. It has been...
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 8
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Spending the night at Gram and Grandpa's house, Llama Llama discovers that he cannot sleep because he has left Fuzzy Llama at home, but Grandpa soon comes up with a solution to replace the stuffed toy.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
In need of a good scam, a decent hideout, and a nice inheritance, Richie Greene agrees to take care of his long-lost grandmother, only to find out that she's anything but the naive old lady he was hoping to pull one over on.
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain...When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother...
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