dementia

"It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself--a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her--the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal--and Gracie realizes that she can create any reality she wants, from acing tests to winning the attention of her previously indifferent classmates. As her ability to change what is into what she wishes it to be grows stronger, though, Gracie starts to second-guess what's real--especially when it comes to a budding relationship with her cute neighbor, Tom"--Provided by publisher.

Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.

Set against the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement, twelve-year-old Onyx dreams of becoming an astronaut as he navigates his mother's early-onset dementia and avoids foster care.

When Poppy Song joined Mrs. Z's third-grade class at Curiosity Academy, she knew just how to connect with her classmates: sweets! Her beloved grandmother Po Po used to own her own bakery, and Poppy has inherited Po Po's gift for making pineapple buns, egg tarts, and other sweets, which she gladly shares with the other kids in Mrs. Z's class. Poppy Song must navigate both a tricky candy recipe and her grandmother's increasing forgetfulness.

"A twelve-year-old girl struggles to adapt to big changes when her grandfather with dementia moves in, her parents become too busy, and her once-close sister prepares to move out"--Provided by publisher.

"[A] . . . story about caring for an elderly relative affected by dementia. It will resonate with anyone familiar with this condition and also looks at the positive aspects of life which remain"--Provided by publisher.

"In March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two almost-grown children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's been neglected of late. As Martha works to manage her mother's care and the sprawling, ramshackle property . . . she is pulled back into her childhood, almost against her will. Martha grew up at Omega Farm with her four sisters, five stepsiblings, mother, and stepfather, in a house filled with art, people, and the kind of chaos that was sometimes benevolent, sometimes more sinister. Caring for her mother and her children, struggling to mend the forest, the past relentlessly asserts itself--even as Martha's mother, the person she might share her memories with or even try to hold to account, no longer knows who Martha is"--Provided by publisher.

In 1964 in Totter, Texas, Magnolia Jean Crook--an aspiring detective and a firm believer in UFOs--is desperate to protect her grandmother Mimi against accusations of theft, especially when Mimi's recent memory lapses may signal something serious.

"The biography of Canadian Joey Moss, a man born with Down syndrome who worked with the NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey team, and was an inspiration for neurodiverse people and an advocate for inclusivity"--.

"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"--Provided by publisher.