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Grandpa Green / by Smith, Lane.;
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.LSC
Subjects: Great-grandfathers; Topiary work; Gardens;
© 2011., Roaring Brook Press,
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And then the sky exploded / by Poulsen, David A.,1946-;
While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. LSC
Subjects: Manhattan Project (U.S.); Atomic bomb; Teenagers; Great-grandfathers;
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War stories / by Korman, Gordon.;
Ages 9-11.Grades 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Great-grandfathers; Veterans; Heroes; World War, 1939-1945; Secrecy; Secrets;
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Evolution : join us on an exhilarating journey from the origins of life to the present day / by Darwin, Sarah.; Sadowski, Eva-Maria .; Baumert, Olga .;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Let real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva Maria Sadowski [presents] facts of evolution: what it is and how it works. Dive into the history of life on Earth and learn about the theory of natural selection that Sarah's great-great-grandfather, Charles Darwin, and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace came up with together"--Amazon.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Evolution (Biology);
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Approaching fire / by Porter, Michelle,author.;
"In Approaching Fire, Michelle Porter embarks on a quest to find her great-grandfather, the Métis fiddler and performer Léon Robert Goulet. Through musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs, and the ecology of fire, Porter invests biography with the power of reflective ingenuity, creating a portrait which expands beyond documentation into a private realm where truth meets metaphor."
Subjects: Biographies.; Poetry.; Goulet, Léon-Robert.; Fiddlers; Metis; Canadian poetry.;
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Field tripped / by Woodrow, Allan.;
The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, they search for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart the thieves.LSC
Subjects: School field trips; Inventors; Inventions; Secrecy; Theft;
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Allie, first at last / by Cervantes, Angela.;
Born into a family of over-achievers, fifth-grader Allie Velasco has never finished first in anything, and lately things have been going badly: her science project is ruined by a well-meaning student, her former best friend is hanging out with another girl--but now she is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with a photographic presentation about her great grandfather, the first Congressional Medal of Honor winner from their town.LSC
Subjects: Hispanic American families; Best friends; Contests; Self-confidence; Friendship; Elementary schools; Schools;
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A darker reality / by Perry, Anne,author.;
"A personal trip turns perilous after the murder of a British spy in Washington, D.C., forces Elena Standish to face dark family secrets in this ... 1930s mystery ... On a family trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish is delighted to visit her mother's parents for their anniversary and celebrate with influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent scientist. Even Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt will attend the party. But the event comes to a sudden and tragic end when one of the guests, Lila Worth, is run over by a car in the driveway outside. Elena realizes that Lila had been trying to tell her something, and when a call from Peter Lucas back home at MI6 confirms that Lila was a British spy, Elena pairs with the American secret service to find out what vital information the young woman had in her possession. To further complicate Elena's trip, her grandfather is arrested for the murder. Desperate to clear his name and save her family from disgrace, she looks more deeply into her grandfather's scientific life and discovers that Lila had been desperately trying to keep the latest developments in nuclear fission out of the Nazis' hands. Her grandfather's business secrets run deep, it appears, and as Elena begins to question his loyalties, she wonders if she can trust anyone in this dark new world order"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Great Britain. MI6; British; Family secrets; Grandfathers; Intelligence officers; Murder; Nineteen thirties; Women photographers; Women spies;
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The Knowing : The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools. by Talaga, Tanya.;
In 'The Knowing', Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga, one of Canadas top investigative journalists, retells the history of this country as only she can - through an Indigenous lens, by tracing the life of her great-great grandmother and family as they lived through this government- and Church-sanctioned genocide. Talaga is of Polish and Indigenous descent. Her great-grandmother was a residential school survivor, her great-grandfather was an Ojibwe trapper and labourer, and her grandmother is a member of Fort William First Nation. She lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Canada / General; HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies;
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The witch of Maracoor : a novel / by Maguire, Gregory,author.;
"Following a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the one-time Wizard of Oz, Rainary Ko, the granddaughter of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West, has re-upped in a mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two. Her memory and her passions reviving, Rain turns her gaze back to her native Oz. Though the Grimmerie, which she had cast into the sea, retains its arcane power over her, the lover she left behind in Oz proves no less haunting. Traveling companions and arrivistes can befuddle a young witch coming into her own, but Rain marshals a steely determination to stare her troubles in the eye and see who blinks first."--
Subjects: Witch fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Imaginary places; Imaginary wars and battles; Islands; Magic; Ocean travel; Oz (Imaginary place); Witches;
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