A Native American grandfather tells his granddaughter the story of her ancestor Echo Hawk, explaining why she should be proud of her name and her heritage as a member of the Pawnee tribe.
Jonathan, sent to live with his grandparents when his con-artist father goes into hiding, must make the difficult choice between running away or standing for a new and better life.
growing up in the shadow of my grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt, Curtis
2008
Offers an intimate portrait of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt as experienced by their grandson, who recounts what it was like to come of age under constant media attention and public scrutiny in their formidable shadows.
Omi, a nonconformist grandmother who lives on a sailboat, cuts her own hair, and collects dead bugs, is sure to be an embarrassment at grandparents' day, or so her grandson thinks, but Omi just may surprise everyone.
There's much to learn about life and love, when thirteen-year-old Sally's parents are getting a divorce and she is sent to the community of Coldwater, Arkansas to her grandparents.