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1) The witches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Series
Prairie legacy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A girl on the Prairies is torn between loyalty to her parents and to a friend. Virginia is very much taken by adventurous Jenny, but her parents consider Jenny a bad influence and wish she would end the friendship. Virginia keeps stalling and is dragged into trouble by Jenny.
10) Alida's song
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1460L
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers.
12) Thunder cake
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping...
15) The giant hug
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Description
When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Grams told me my binoculars were going to get me into trouble. I just didn't believe her. Sammy Keyes isn't looking for trouble when she trains her binoculars on the Heavenly Hotel across the street. So...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
When her grandson Patrick arrives for his first sleepover, Granny's resourceful efforts to provide him with a bed, pillow, and other necessities result in a sleepless night for both of them.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Robbie and his dog, Ellie, spend the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, where Robbie learns many things about his emotionally distant parents and himself.