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On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.
5) Stone Fox
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English
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
6) Heidi
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Series
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English
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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English
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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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Series
Fourteenth goldfish volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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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.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores some of the many and varied ways a grandfather can express his love, even without saying the words, such as by sharing his coin collection, holding hands when crossing the street, and attending tea parties.
17) Tom
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Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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"Jigsaw is in big-time trouble! For a dollar a day, Jigsaw and Mila make problems go away. But now Jigsaw has some trouble of his own. He lost grandfather's watch! Can Jigsaw and Mila find the watch before time runs out?"
19) Quiet
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
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2024.
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English
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"In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower"-- Provided by publisher.
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