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When his daughter, Amy, collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Rosenblatt and his wife leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. He peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create a testament to familial love.
3) Icy Sparks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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At the age of ten, an Appalachian girl develops croaks, jerks and spasms, which leads to her explusion from school. After treatment--she has Tourette's syndrome--she learns to control herself, attends college and there is a happy ending.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Ward (Salvage the Bones) tells the story of three generations of a struggling Mississippi family in this astonishing novel. "We don't walk no straight lines. It's all happening at once. All of it. We all here at once." This is the explanation 13-year-old Jojo is provided by his grandmother, the family matriarch, on her deathbed. "I'll be on the other side of the door," she reassures him, "With everybody else that's gone before." Jojo and his little...
5) Maude
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English
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Donna Mabry tells the story of her paternal grandmother's life, a story filled with highs and lows. Through it all, Maude clung to her faith and kept on going.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
7) Day by day
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English
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An unlikely trio of middle-aged women, each facing the sudden responsibility of raising their grandchildren, comes together and forms a powerful circle of friendship that helps them to find the wisdom, strength, and courage they need in order to deal with their problems and fears.
8) Hey, kiddo
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Sebastian has spent most of his life with his Nana in their geodesic dome home, a tourist attraction where she raises him on the futurist teachings of her former mentor Buckminster Fuller in hopes that one day Sebastian will carry Fuller's torch and make the world a better place. Sebastian begins sneaking around with Jared, a punk-obsessed teen with a heart transplant and an overbearing dad. They form a punk band and with his Nana's...
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