grandfathers

Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.

A brother and sister go on a picnic with their grandfather.

"During a rough year in which she was placed in the care of her prickly grandfather after her father suffered a stroke, Rosie embarks on a search for her missing dog after he is given away by her estranged mother."--OCLC.

Told in rhyming text, a boy accompanies his grandfather on the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, a demonstration in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day that pays tribute to American veterans.

Sent to Maine to spend the summer with her grandfather, India Finch has just learned that she is part-mermaid, and met her kin among the Ice Tribe, so when she finds out that someone is harming sea creatures she wants to help; but discovering the truth can be dangerous, especially when the threat comes from the Mer themselves.

"Grandfather is devastated when his beloved wife dies, and he sinks into depression. In response, his granddaughter embarks on a thrilling journey, but her adventure takes an unexpected turn"--Back cover.

Fourth-grader Katie secretly believes that her grandfather is too old to be her partner in the school Olympics until she trades places with him for a day, thanks to the magic wind.

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Upset that he has to give up the room he loves to his grandfather, Pete decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.

Clayton is forbidden by his mother from playing the blues after his grandfather dies and runs away to the subways to join a band.