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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When eighty-five-year-old Miriam Caravasios slips through the ice to her death, Delphine, a frightened and insecure young woman who adored her grandmother, falls under scrutiny when it is revealed that Miriam's will cut off her children, leaving her almost everything and emboldening her to find the truth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Boston Globe "Love Letters" columnist and author of Chemistry Lessons follows the experiences of a girl who learns about life and love while on a road trip to scatter her late grandmother's ashes in favorite gardens.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Anna Kate travels to Wicklow, Alabama to bury her grandmother and close her caf�e, but soon finds herself inexplicably drawn to the quirky town and slowly uncovers secrets about her family's past.
8) Old friends
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens Group"--
9) Mamo
Author
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Orla O'Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo's passing, seas are impossible to fish, crops have soured, even Jo Manalo's attic is taken over by a poltergeist! And to make matter worse it appears that the cause is Mamo, or her mislaid bones that is. Can Orla shoulder the responsibility of quieting her Mamo's spirit, saving her hometown, and...
10) The Honey Witch
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who've tried to woe her. So, when her grandmother whisks her away to her cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence comes with a price: no one can fall in love with the Honey Witch. When Lottie Burke, a notoriously grumpy...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Williams women don't just keep secrets...They bury them. The three Williams girls are as close as sisters can be, and they also share one special trait in common: each of them have a man in their lives that they could do without...Their sister-in-law Stephanie, an outsider, knows all the family dirt and is watching the three of them...When the woman who raised them, their beloved Gran, dies on the eve of her eightieth birthday, the Williams sisters...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Joy Preston misses her beloved late grandmother dearly. But when she learns the terms of Nana's will, she's shocked-and more than a little irked. Joy moved to Colorado years ago and is now CEO of a successful nail polish company. Her life and career are in Denver. How can Nana have expected her to give that up, even temporarily, to take over a bed and breakfast in North Carolina for six months? Yet there's no denying Heart and Soul's charm, especially...
13) Edgewater Road
Author
Series
Rumors in Ross County volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Jennifer Smiley's grandmother, Ginny, leaves her an old farmhouse on Edgewater Road in seemingly quiet Ross County, Ohio, Jennifer can't pass up the opportunity for a new beginning. Almost immediately she meets a group of men who generously help her move in. When she realizes that they work for Lincoln Bennett, her next-door neighbor, she's intrigued. Lincoln is gorgeous and has dark, lapis-blue eyes she could get lost in...but he doesn't seem...
14) Out to sea
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of The Star in the Forest comes this heart- felt story about learning to cope with anxiety and grief. Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that her tears flood her room, her house, her town, and eventually sweep her out to sea. Adrift, she struggles to overcome her sadness until she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers happy memories...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, she's diagnosed with vitiligo--a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color--and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone...