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1) Mamo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
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"Orla O'Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo's passing, seas are impossible to fish, crops have soured, even Jo Manalo's attic is taken over bya poltergeist! And to make matter worse it appears that the cause is Mamo, or her mislaid bones that is. Can Orla shoulder the responsibility of quieting her Mamo's spirit, saving her hometown, and...
2) Ferris
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
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During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter—her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call (3z(Bjournalism.(3y(B As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha...
Author
Publisher
Espasa
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
462 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Londres, 2017. Lucille adora a su abuela Sylvie, y cuando esta le pide ayuda para recuperar una reliquia, la joven no duda en subirse a un tren rumbo a Par�is tras la pista de un Dior de valor incalculable. Lo que Lucille no sabe es que detr�as de ese vestido se esconde un gran secreto familiar que podr�ia cambiar su vida por completo. Par�is, 1952. La Francia de la posguerra est�a llena de lujos y excesos, y Alice forma parte de ese privilegiado...
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
"It’s Joy’s first summer in her grandmother’s South Carolina garden—a rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. There in Grammy’s abundant backyard, Joy learns to listen for the heartbeat of the earth and connect it to her own as she takes deep breaths and puts her intentions into the...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Diya is excited to be going to India for Diwali, the Festival of Lights. That means she'll get to spend time with Nani, her beloved grandma, who she hasn't seen since her family moved from India . . . Once Diya arrives in India, she immediately feels at home with Nani. Together they go shopping at the bazaar and prepare for the festival. As Diya and Nani celebrate Diwali together, Diya's heart soars. But all too soon, her trip will come to an end....
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 23 cm
Description
"Jin wishes his family would ask him to help prepare the Lunar New Year feast. But boys, or Babas, never get asked—only Nyonyas, the girls. It's the eve of Lunar New Year, and Jin can't wait for the big family reunion dinner. He loves the aromas and the bubbly chatter coming from the kitchen. His grandmother, Mamah, is cooking up a storm! As his aunties dice, slice, and chop, there's nothing Jin wants more than to learn about the history...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged grandmother lives—someone she knows only two things her name and the fact that she left Jericka's mother and uncle when they were children. But now Jericka's grandmother is dying, and her mother has dragged...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Sami loves to speak both English and Spanish. But he doesn't just speak them one at a time. He speaks in Spanglish! Sometimes, he makes brand-new words—like 'lonche'—and sometimes, he puts the languages together in one sentence, like when he's hungry for jamberguers con papas fritas. But not everyone likes Spanglish. Abuela thinks that Spanish should be spoken at home and English at school. And to make matters more complicated, Sami's...
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