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English
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Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they₇ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won₇t let anyone separate them. She₇s escaped...
5) Hit the road
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publication Date
2005
Physical Desc
183 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Brittany acts as chauffeur for her grandmother and three other eighty-plus-year-old women going to what is supposedly their college reunion, on a long drive that involves lies, theft, and kidnappings.
6) Old school
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tall Pine, Spotted Beetle, and Hummingbird are certain that being a rock is boring until Old Rock shares what he has seen and done since he first flew out of a volcano.
10) Old friends
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens Group"-- Provided by publisher
11) Not nothing
Author
Language
English
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Description
When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In rural Minnesota in 1974, thirteen-year-old Pride Star, raised to be independent, must accept help from friends and neighbors to care for eleven-year-old Nightingale and six-year-old Baby when her grandfather is hospitalized with a brain infection.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lucas, small and unathletic, is obsessed with being powerful Trunkzilla in an online game, but after becoming a volunteer Senior Sitter and saving Isaac in real life, everything changes.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
To relieve the boredom of a long, hot summer, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby join their fun-loving neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her mischievous dog Zeke on an adventurous sightseeing boat cruise.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although her Mexican-American grandmother now forgets many things, Luciana finds that she still remembers the things that are important to the two of them. Includes glossary of Spanish words used.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Eli the dog has been with Astrid since she was a baby, and now that Eli is getting older and slowing down, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him, but knows what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
299 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When big-hearted Chloe Camden's best friend shreds her reputation and her school counselor axes her junior independent study project, Chloe is forced to take on a "more meaningful" project by joining her school's struggling radio station"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While enjoying autumn weather and activities, Mr. Putter, realizing how much he misses going to school, takes his cat Tabby, their adventurous neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her cake-loving dog Zeke to "Show and Tell."
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Publication Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
"17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"-- Provided by publisher.

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