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A visit to Oma A visit to Oma Marisabina Russo When a child visits her great-grandmother who speaks to her in an unfamiliar language, she makes up a story in her own head to fit her great-grandmother's gestures. OL15005562W
The legacy The legacy Katherine Webb After the death of their grandmother, Erica Calcott and her sister Beth return to Storton Manor in Wiltshire, England, where they, while sorting through her things, decide to discover what really hap… OL16262766W
Black, white, other Black, white, other Joan Steinau Lester Twenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbe… OL16495305W
Zeke Meeks vs the no-fun fund-raiser Zeke Meeks vs the no-fun fund-raiser D. L. Green Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother giv… OL16715082W
Always the heart = Always the heart = Jim Sagel In a small New Mexico town, fourteen-year-old C.M. helps take care of her great-grandmother, who tells stories of her star-crossed life, making C.M. realize that she is not so different from those wh… OL1912838W
Moriah's Pond Moriah's Pond Ethel Footman Smothers While she and her older sisters are staying with their great-grandmother, ten-year-old Annie Rye learns about prejudice first hand when a local white girl causes Annie's sister to be unjustly punishe… OL1995925W
Ember Island Ember Island Kimberley Freeman "Two women separated by a century discover long-buried secrets in an Australian manor house. In 1876, Tilly, a recently married young English woman, is reeling with shock and guilt after her tempestu… OL19980029W
What's heaven? What's heaven? Maria Shriver After her great-grandmother's death, a young girl learns about heaven by asking her mother all kinds of questions. OL1998033W
Jericho Jericho Janet Hickman An account of twelve-year-old Angela's visit to help take care of her great-grandmother alternates with the story of the old woman's life. OL2724845W
Goodbye America Goodbye America Rita Malie At the age of eighty-nine, Anna tells her story of her life to her two great-granddaughters during the family's Thanksgiving reunion. She details her personal history, including her departure from Oh… OL28945294W
Ópalo Ópalo Alvarez, Blanca "Claudia no esperaba que la estancia con su abuela, una mujer china bastante enigmática, fuera a cambiar su vida. La anciana narra a Claudia, con trazos suaves, la dura existencia de su bisabuela Ópa… OL31211522W
Grandma Buffalo, May, and me Grandma Buffalo, May, and me Carol Curtis Stilz On her way to visit her grandmother in Montana, a young girl learns more about May, the great-grandmother whom she resembles, and meets a descendant of the buffalo May used to feed. OL3511408W
Carmina, come dance! Carmina, come dance! Mary K. Whittington Carmina is afraid of her great-grandmother until the old lady plays the piano and Carmina discovers that the music makes a special bond between them. OL4100114W
The secret of the red shoes The secret of the red shoes Joan Donaldson Great-grandma's secret makes for a wonderful surprise at the party celebrating her one hundredth birthday. OL4136523W
Kalpana's dream Kalpana's dream Judith Clarke While an English class of 7B students at Wentworth High in Australia struggle with a six-week essay assignment answering, "Who am I?," one child's great-grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to… OL449832W
An enemy at Green Knowe An enemy at Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist. OL4772202W
The dream keeper The dream keeper Margery Evernden Her parents' impending separation leads a gifted thirteen-year-old musician to discover the story of her greatgrandmother's immigration to America from a Jewish shtetl in Poland. OL5354941W
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola An autobiographical picture book that gently introduces young readers to the concept of grief. Tommy, a young child who regularly visits his grandmother and great-grandmother one day finds that h… OL61082W
Rosemary in Paris Rosemary in Paris Barbara Robertson Rosemary Rita's magical hourglass takes her to the Paris Exposition of 1889, where she meets her great-great-grandmother Gracie, also aged ten, and together with a friend they set out to catch the bo… OL6209728W
The web The web Nette Hilton Jenny enjoys spending time with her great-grandmother and this time she helps her smile again with help from a seven-legged spider. OL869402W
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