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1) High and dry
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"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
3) War stories
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Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him -- but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a...
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Little Pig is too young to go to sailing camp with his brothers and sisters. Left out of their adventure, Little Pig practices his sailor knots to fill the lonely hours. But when Little Pig and Poppy build a toy ship and bring it to a nearby stream, they find plenty of adventure. When the ship is blown off course, Little Pig's new knot-tying skills just might save the day!
13) Lovely old lion
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"Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more. Lenny doesn't know what to do, but with a little help from grandpa's old friends, perhaps he can find a way to help him remember"--
16) Kindred souls
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Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.
17) Mañanaland
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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.
18) Ice cream summer
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A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer -- but all his activities revolve around ice cream.
19) Ojiichan's gift
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"A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change."--
20) Just like Jackie
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Fifth grader Robbie is determined to stay out of trouble so that she does not worry her grandfather whose memory is failing and to make sure that she and her grandfather stay together as he is the only family she has left.
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