In 1942, fourteen-year-old Jill goes to stay with her grandmother on the coast of Maine, where she is introduced to the often gossipy nature of small-town life, and discovers that the war is closer than she thought.
Grandmothers
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Auteur:Stoddart, Heidi JardineSommaire:Molly loves searching for sea glass at Gram's cottage. Each morning after breakfast and tea, they wander the beach together, searching under driftwood, in between pebbles, and in the surf for these ocean treasures. That is, until the...
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Auteur:Dahl, RoaldSommaire:ATTENTION : les vraies sorcières sont habillées de façon ordinaire et ressemblent à n'importe qui. Mais elles ne sont pas ordinaires. Elles passent leur temps à dresser les plans les plus démoniaques et elles détestent les...
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Auteur:Feutl, RitaSommaire:Janey doesn't want to spend the summer away from her friends in Toronto - and certainly not in Edmonton with the grandmother she hardly knows. But her parents will be away - her mother in Turkey designing housing for earthquake victims...
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Janey doesn't want to spend the summer away from her friends in Toronto--and certainly not in Edmonton with the grandmother she hardly knows. But her parents will be away--her mother in Turkey designing housing for earthquake...
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Auteur:Underdahl, S.T.Sommaire:Remember this: I love you... Lucy Kellogg is looking forward to a great summer: her fearless best friend, Sukie, has talked her into trying out for the cheer team, and her witty and worldly grandmother, Nana Lucy, is coming to visit....
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Spoiled teens Crystal and Sahara get sent to live with their grandmother, Ma Ray, for a summer without cell phones, Internet, or boys. Upset their summer is ruined, the girls attempt to rebel against their grandmother's strict rules....
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Finaliste prix TD/Récipiendaire du prix littéraire du Gouverneur général 2017, pour la version originale When we Were Alone. En aidant sa grand-mère à entretenir son jardin, une fillette remarque chez celle-ci des...
- Auteur:Ahn, AngelaSommaire:
Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart. Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of...
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Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city...
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Auteur:Buckley, MichaelSommaire:When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City hoping to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger a chain of events that includes a murder mystery, and learn many new things about their mother who, along with their father...
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Auteur:Landvik, LornaSommaire:Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two...
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Auteur:Strutt, LesleySommaire:On the Edge tells the story of Emerald Lake Visser, an unhappy fourteen-year-old who came to live on her aunt and uncle's farm when she was orphaned at age five. A misfit in her community and at school, her only real friend is an...
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Auteur:Bouchard, DavidSommaire:Nokum Is My Teacher is the poetic story of a young aboriginal boy, posing questions to his grandmother, his "Nokum", about the wider world beyond the familiarity of their home and community. Through a series of questions, Nokum guides...
- Auteur:Kalb, BessSommaire:
A funny, warm, original memoir in which a grandmother speaks to her granddaughter from beyond the grave, telling, with candor and humor, stories from both their lives--of kinship, loyalty, tenacity, and love.
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Auteur:Smith, Odelia, Olsen, SylviaSommaire:Neekah's great grandma, Mumma, knit all her life. Her Grandma Dorothy knits, her mom knits and all her aunties knit. Even some of Neekah's uncles knit, too. Every year she asks her mom if she can learn, and every year she hears, "Be...
- Auteur:North, RebeccaSommaire:
Where in this racket can Nanny be? When you get invited to a kitchen party at your grandmother's house, there may be certain things you don't expect to find: like moose and foxes and bears! In this exciting, playful romp through a...
- Auteur:Heavy Shield, HaliSommaire:
"Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands. Sometimes we draw. Sometimes we bead. Sometimes we sing. Sometimes Naaahsa tells stories in Blackfoot. A young girl celebrates her grandmother's art, and the wonderful connection...
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Auteur:Pearce, Jacqueline, Franson, LeanneSommaire:Sara loves her grandmother's bakery. It's a special place-not only because of its delicious Japanese buns and pastries. She enjoys spending time with her obaachan, her grandmother. But things aren't going well for the bakery. When the...
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Auteur:Carmel Léger, Diane, Trudel, Jean-LucSommaire:Acadian Mémère and Scottish Nannie seem to have nothing in common but their grandchildren, but in this endearing picture book from bestselling author Diane Carmel Léger and noted illustrator Jean-Luc Trudel, difference is celebrated. A...
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