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Green Knowe chronicles volume 5
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English
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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.
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Green Knowe chronicles volume 4
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English
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A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the London Zoo.
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Ghost detectors volume 2
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English
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While his great-grandmother seeks her deceased husband, ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy have no trouble finding a ghost on which to test Malcolm's latest gadget--a ghost zapper.
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Green Knowe chronicles volume 2
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English
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A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants.
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This award-winning debut presents us with over two hundred and fifty years of love, loss, shame, secrets, sacrifice, joy, and biting humor in twenty-one beautifully crafted tales of young Delaney Robinson's family. Spanning Mary Kathleen's heroic struggles to save her husband and sons from Ireland's 19th century potato famine to young Delaney's own parents' lives in modern Alabama, the characters are vivid and extraordinarily familiar, resonating...
29) Jewels
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During Lea Mae's annual summer visit her great-grandmother 'Ma Dear tells her wonderful stories about their family members and the past, stories that are jewels of African-American history.
30) Sometimey friend
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When her mother goes to Florida in 1978, ten-year-old Sylvia stays behind in South Carolina, but when she fails to make new friends at school, she realizes that her newly-discovered great-grandmother and best friend, Miz Lula Maye, might be the problem.
31) Secret holes
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English
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Ten-year-old Sylvia has just discovered that her centenarian best friend is also her great-grandmother, and together they pursue discoveries yet to come.
32) Wish you well
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English
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A tragic accident forces twelve-year old Louisa Mae and her younger brother Oz to move from New York City to live with their great grandmother on a small farm in Virginia. Once Lou and Oz finally adjust to their new home, their family is threatened to be torn apart again when a coal company tries to steal their land. Now, Lou must team-up with lawyer Cotton Longfellow, to fight for their land, their home and their future.
34) Fox song
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English
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After the death of her Indian great-grandmother, Jamie remembers the many speical things the old woman shared with her about the natural world.
35) Yo, Naomi León
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When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
36) My name is Aviva
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Aviva is not happy with her unusual name until she hears wonderful things about her great-grandmother, after whom she was named.
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Español
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Llegó el carnaval y Clara está impaciente por celebrar su fiesta favorita con su familia, pero especialmente con su bisabuela. Aunque Bisa no pueda asistir, Clara sabe que el desfile del carnaval será especial. Amorosamente disfrazados por su bisabuela, los niños salen a la calle a festejar. Sin embargo, falta algo entre todos los colores, los disfraces, la música y el baile... ¿o quizás falte alguien?
In the city of Olinda, Brazil, Clara...
39) A visit to Oma
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English
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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.
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