grandfathers

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grandfathers

Things hoped for

2008
Seventeen-year-old Gwen, who has been living with her grandfather in Manhattan while she attends music school, joins up with another music student to solve the mystery when her grandfather suddenly goes missing.

The unbreakable code

1996
Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped win World War II.

The blue roses

2002
A Native American girl gardens with her grandfather, who helps to raise her, and learns about life and loss when he dies, and then speaks to her from a dream where he is surrounded by blue roses.

Gabby growing up

1998
Gabby has knitted mittens to give her grandfather for his birthday, and on their way to meet him, Gabby gets a new haircut and her mother gets a surprise.

Blue claws

1993
A young boy gets to know his grandfather better when the two of them spend the day together crabbing.

Christmas in the trenches

2006
A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together.

The water gift and the pig of the pig

2003
An orphan girl discovers that she shares her grandfather's gift for finding things when their very clever pig disappears.

The always prayer shawl

1997
A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and the passage of generations.

Tom

1997
Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.

The happy hedgehog

2000
Mikko the hedgehog is perfectly content living in his garden until Grandfather Tarek suggests that he should accomplish something important in order to be happy like the other animals.

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