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1) War stories
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games, and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America. Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war--from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 21cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Marcus tries to uphold the honor of his beloved great-grandfather, aka Zachary the Stupendous, by performing a daring magic trick involving a disappearing shark.
4) Remind me
Author
Series
Magnolia Sound volume 1
Publisher
Samantha Chase
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's been years since Mallory Westbrook set foot in Magnolia Sound, but the death of her great-grandfather forces her back. Two weeks to get his affairs in order then she would return to her life in New York. The perfect plan, if not for Jake Summerford--her first love who broke her heart. Jake always regretted the way things ended with Mallory and now that she's back in town, he's hoping they can put the past behind them. As they reconnect, old feelings...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Allie Velasco is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with a photographic presentation about her great-grandfather, the first Congressional Medal of Honor winner from their town.
Author
Series
Magnolia Sound volume 2
Publisher
Samantha Chase
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Westbrook has always been the family hell-raiser, but as an adult he's enjoyed not being under the constant watchful eye of his family. That was until his great-grandfather passed away. Forced to move to the small coastal town of Magnolia Sound, Sam can't escape the reputation that has followed him since his teenage years. But he'll have to do it to get his inheritance. Shelby Abbott was always the good girl - it's what happens when you're the...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen-year-old Socko and his mother leave their cramped, unsafe inner city apartment and move to a house in a new suburban development where they plan to care for Socko's crotchety great-grandfather, but when they arrive they discover that the rest of the homes are unfinished, they are the only residents of Moon Ridge Estates, and that trouble has followed them.
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
206 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Christian Deaver learns that his great-grandfather was part of the team that built the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II, he encounters a Hiroshima survivor and tries to make amends.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow a girl's perusal of her great-grandfather's collection of matchboxes and small curios that document his poignant immigration journey from Italy to a new country.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year old Leah Nevins is not a fan of change. So when her parents start whispering about sending her beloved great-grandpa Zaide to an assisted living facility (hospital jail!), she is very resistant. Zaide's house, where her family gathers on Saturday afternoons, is the only place where Leah feels like she truly belongs. Sending Zaide away would change everything. Luckily Leah remembers a story Zaide once told her. To protect their family...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Lewis Dearborn, who is lonely, anxious, and shy, finds his life turned upside down when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves his family with a decaying seaside mansion which is occupied by the ghosts of seven dead pirates" --
13) Any day with you
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
{2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
During the summer before seventh grade, Kaia, who enjoys living in Southern California, visiting the beach with her family, and creating movie make-up effects, makes a film with her friends to win a contest and hopefullly prevent her beloved great-grandtather from moving back to the Philippines.