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Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Perla Phillips sees her granddaughter struggling in life, she decides to share the story of a secret from her past, only to suffer a debilitating stroke before she can, leaving granddaughter Ella and her aunt to delve into Perla's past.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
264 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little boy provides instructions for properly babysitting one's grandfather, such as offering him tasty treats and entertaining him with special games.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Through an heirloom charm bracelet, three women will rediscover the importance of family, love, faith, friends, fun, and a passion for living as the magic of each charm changes their lives.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperColllinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
France, 1914. Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family's ancestral estate, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major's aide de camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. Betrayal will shatter them both. France, 1942. Raised by her American grandmother in the Hotel Ritz, Marguerite 'Daisy' Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and husband, a Nazi collaborator,...
10) Our favorite day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every morning Papa follows his normal routine. He drinks his tea, waters his plants, tidies up, and takes the bus into town. Papa enjoys his daily tasks, but there's one day each week that is extra special. That's the day he might visit the craft store, get two orders of dumplings to go, and possibly pick some flowers he sees along the path. With its spare text and wonderfully warm watercolor and cut-paper illustrations just begging to be pored over,...