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Grandma's attic volume 4
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English
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A collection of tales told by a grandmother about her childhood on a Michigan farm in the 1890's.
23) Willow Run
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English
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During World War II, after moving with her parents to Willow Run, Michigan, when her father gets a job in the B-24 bomber-building factory, eleven-year-old Meggie learns about different kinds of bravery from all of the people around her.
24) Cupcake cousins
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Cupcake cousins volume 1
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English
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During a family vacation at Lake Michigan, nine-year-old cousins Willow and Delia, desperate to avoid being flower girls in their aunt's wedding, try to demonstrate that they would do better as chefs for the reception.
25) Winter wonders
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Cupcake cousins volume 3
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English
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"Cousins Willow and Delia must save the day when a blizzard threatens to ruin Cat and Mr. Henry's wedding in the third book in the illustrated Cupcake Cousins series"--
26) Star
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After her elderly owner passes away, Star--a deaf Australian shepherd--is brought to a local shelter. Star feels scared and alone until she meets twelve-year-old Julian. After getting in trouble at school yet again, Julian volunteers at the shelter and realizes he can communicate with Star in a way that no one else can. Their bond continues to grow, and Julian and Star become inseparable. Then the unthinkable happens: funding for the shelter dries...
27) Thunder cake
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English
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Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
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"As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian. When a girl Lekha's age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she's Desi,...
31) Flickering hope
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Twelve-year-old Sadie continues her efforts to protect the bear, Patch, and her cubs, helps a homeless family, wonders if she has a crush on Andrew, and reaches a new understanding with Frankie, all while feeling distant from God.
35) Shades of truth
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English
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When twelve-year-old Sadie has to move away from her home in California, she wrestles with questions of faith.
36) Mrs. Mack
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The author remembers the summer when she was ten years old and staying with her father in Michigan where she took riding lessons and became best friends with a perfect horse.
37) Summer showers
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Cupcake cousins volume 2
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English
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"Cousins Willow and Delia return to the kitchen as their family welcomes a new baby in the second book in the illustrated Cupcake Cousins series"--
39) Fifteenth summer
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Chelsea and her family are spending the summer at a cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan where Chelsea meets and falls for Josh--the cute and shy employee at the new bookstore in town.
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The first day of school in Michigan is a nightmare for Korean-American fourth-grader Ben Lee, who grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by Korean stores and restaurants, but his new schoolmates laugh at the Korean delicacies he eats -- until his unexpectedly magic lunch box teaches them all a lesson.