grandfathers

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grandfathers

Throw a hungry loop

1990
A thirteen-year-old with a talent for throwing loops and who lives on a ranch with his father and grandfather yearns for a roping horse.

Celebrating the hero

1993
After her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Camila Draper travels to Colombia to attend a ceremony honoring her late grandfather and, while trying to learn more about her mother's family, discovers some disturbing truths.

Kunu

escape on the Missouri
1989
Following the forced removal of his people from Minnesota to Crow Creek, South Dakota, a Winnebago Indian boy embarks on a dangerous journey to return his dying grandfather to his Minnesota homeland.

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

2010
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.

Wishes for one more day

2006
A young girl and her little brother, saddened at the news that their grandfather has died, make a list of all the things they wish they had had one more chance to do with their beloved Poppy.

Faith of my fathers

2008
Chronicles the life and career of presidential candidate John McCain and recalls the military heritage left him from his father and grandfather, both admirals in the Navy, his own military service during the Vietnam War, his capture and imprisonment by the North Vietnamese, and his years as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator.

The house on Childress Street

a memoir
2005
Kenji Jasper recounts his efforts to learn more about the grandfather he barely knew, describing his journey through three generations of stories that defined his family and himself.

Walt Disney's Grandpa Bunny

2007
Grandpa Bunny continues to entertain and amaze the younger rabbits even after he leaves them.

Grandfather's stories from Cambodia

1984
Two children living in a modern American city listen to the stories their grandfather tells them of their homeland, Cambodia, very far away.

Grandfather's stories from Viet Nam

1985
Two children living in a modern American city listen to the stories their grandfather tells them of their homeland, Viet Nam, very far away.

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