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Up, up, up!

it's apple-picking time
Myles and his family go to his grandparents' apple ranch, where they have a wonderful time picking and selling apples together.
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The book of one hundred truths

While visiting her grandparents in Port Harbor, New Jersey, thirteen-year-old Theodora lists one hundred truths that she discovers while baby-sitting her younger cousins.

What the moon saw

a novel
Fourteen-year-old Clara Luna spends the summer with her grandparents in the tiny, remote village of Yucuyoo, Mexico, learning about her grandmother's life as a healer, her father's decision to leave home for the United States, and her own place in the world.

The trees of the dancing goats

Two faiths are brought together one winter in rural Michigan when a Jewish family celebrating Hanukkah makes Christmas special for their neighbors, a Christian family whose house has been touched by scarlet fever.

Life and other inconveniences

2019
Emma London thought she didn't have anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve. Genevieve had a hard life with the disappearance of her son and the death of her husband. She took in Emma when her own mother died--until Emma got pregnant her senior year of high school. After being kicked out, Emma built up a successful life on her own. But when her grandmother calls asking for help, Emma must decide what to do.
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Yasmin the gardener

2020
When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.
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Welcome home, Anna Hibiscus!

2017
"Anna Hibiscus is back from Canada, and so much has changed while she was away! Double and Trouble have learned to run, and Grandfather has gotten older, too. One of the chickens has laid eggs, and Anna hatches her very own chick--Snow White!"--Page [4] of cover.

Summer in Savannah

2019
"It's summertime! Ana and Andrew travel to visit their grandparents in Savannah, Georgia. While they are there, they learn that Grandma and Grandpa's church was built by slaves. With some help from an unusal source!"--Back cover.
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A plan for Pops

2019
A child helps his grandparents cope with a difficult change in abilities.
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Walk two moons

2017
Thirteen-year-old Sal, traveling with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho in search of her missing mother, entertains them with the story of her friend Phoebe whose mother also left, unwittingly revealing the truth about her own relationship with her mom.
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