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Matchmaker / by Lyons, Kelly Starling.; Spencer, Wayne,1980-;
Miles and his friend Jada both plan on inviting their grandparents to help in science class, and with Valentine's Day approaching, they realize Miles's Nana and Jada's Pop Pop might be a perfect match.Ages 6-8.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; African Americans; Dating services; Valentine's Day; Interpersonal relations; Grandparents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American woman [videorecording] / by Feinstein, Brad,film producer.; Ferreira, Sky,1992-actor.; Hendricks, Christina,1975-actor.; Ingelsby, Brad,screenwriter.; Madigan, Amy,actor.; Miller, Sienna,1981-actor.; Neustaedter, Alex,1998-actor.; Paul, Aaron,1979-actor.; Pruss, Michael,film producer.; Sasso, Will,1975-actor.; Scott, Jake,1965-film director.; Scott, Ridley,film producer.; Walsh, Kevin J.,1975-film producer.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul, Sienna Miller, Will Sasso, Amy Madigan, Alex Neustaedter, Sky Ferreira.Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Ontario Film Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language, sexual content and brief drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Grandparents as parents; Grandparent and child; Missing children; Mothers and daughters;
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A thousand questions / by Faruqi, Saadia.;
Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Americans; Household employees; Grandparents; Single-parent families; Families;
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Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu [graphic novel] / by Zub, Jim,author.; Crank!(Letterer),letterer.; Filardi, Nick,colorist.; Ito, Leonardo,colorist.; Little, Troy,1973-illustrator,letterer.;
"Just when you thought Cthulhu was all played out in the pop-culture ecosystem, Rick and Morty enter the Lovecraft dimension!"--Back cover.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Cthulhu (Fictitious character); Morty (Fictitious character); Sanchez, Rick (Fictitious character); Adventure and adventurers; Grandparent and child; Scientists;
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Maizy Chen's last chance / by Yee, Lisa.;
Includes bibliographical references.Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Grandparents; Restaurants; Chinese Americans; Immigrants; Children of immigrants; Racism; Genealogy;
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The Lost and Found Bookshop : a novel / by Wiggs, Susan,author.;
Heartbroken Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming, cash-strapped bookshop and finds herself the carer for her ailing grandfather Andrew. She thinks it's best to move him to an assisted-living home to ensure his care, but to pay for it, Natalie will have to sell up the bookshop. However, Grandpa Andrew owns the building and refuses to budge. Moving into the studio apartment above the shop, Natalie hires a contractor, Peach Gallagher, to do some repairs. His young daughter becomes a regular at the shop, and she and Natalie begin reading together while Peach works. Slowly, Natalie's sorrow begins to dissipate as her life becomes an unexpected journey of new friendships. From unearthing hidden artifacts in the bookshop's walls, to learning the truth about her family, the bookshop is full of surprises. Can Natalie reveal her own heart's desire and turn a new page ...?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Books and reading; Bookstores; Caregivers; Family secrets; Friendship; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Grief; Man-woman relationships; Mothers;
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The Lost and Found Bookshop [sound recording] : a novel / by Wiggs, Susan,author.; Rankin, Emily,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Emily Rankin.Heartbroken Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming, cash-strapped bookshop and finds herself the carer for her ailing grandfather Andrew. She thinks it's best to move him to an assisted-living home to ensure his care, but to pay for it, Natalie will have to sell up the bookshop. However, Grandpa Andrew owns the building and refuses to budge. Moving into the studio apartment above the shop, Natalie hires a contractor, Peach Gallagher, to do some repairs. His young daughter becomes a regular at the shop, and she and Natalie begin reading together while Peach works. Slowly, Natalie's sorrow begins to dissipate as her life becomes an unexpected journey of new friendships. From unearthing hidden artifacts in the bookshop's walls, to learning the truth about her family, the bookshop is full of surprises. Can Natalie reveal her own heart's desire and turn a new page ...?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Books and reading; Bookstores; Caregivers; Family secrets; Friendship; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Grief; Man-woman relationships; Mothers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ghost collector / by Mills, Allison.;
Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard are all part of the spirit world that she and her grandmother inhabit. Shelly and her grandmother assist lost souls transitioning to the next world. But when Shelly's mom dies, her relationship to ghosts and death changes. She begins hiding ghosts in her room instead of helping spirits move on. But Shelly can't ignore the one that's missing. Why isn't her mom's ghost coming home?LSC
Subjects: Occult fiction.; Ghost stories.; Cree women; Cree mythology; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grandparent and child; Grandmothers; Mothers; Grief in adolescence; Compulsive hoarding;
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The figurine / by Hislop, Victoria,author.;
When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? Helena's desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth - and to understand the origins of her grandfather's collection.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Antiquities; Apartments; Archaeologists; Excavations (Archaeology); Family secrets; Grandparents; Inheritance and succession;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rick and Morty. [graphic novel] / by Moreci, Michael,author.; Crank!(Letterer),letterer.; Gregori, Tony,illustrator.; Jensen, Joshua(Comic book artist),colourist.;
After yet another misadventure with Morty goes haywire, Morty begins to pull away from his grandfather. In response, Rick secretly creates a universe with new grandchildren who actually love him! Only problem is, that universe is rebelling, threatening the entire (actual) universe.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Morty (Fictitious character); Sanchez, Rick (Fictitious character); Adventure and adventurers; Grandparent and child; Multiverse; Scientists; Space and time;
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