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1) Big Eden
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2002, c2000
Language
English
Description
Artist Henry Hart returns to his small Montana hometown to take care of his ill grandfather. There he must confront his unrequited passion for his best friend from high school, and his own feelings about being gay in a small town.
2) In her shoes
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
When level-headed Rose takes in her beautiful, irresponsible sister Maggie, personal clashes lead to personal growth for both.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006, 2005]
Language
English
Description
Einar Gilkyson lives a quiet, stoic life as a rancher in Wyoming. His estranged daughter-in-law Jean shows up unexpectedly, broke and desperate, with the grandaughter Einar never knew he had. Jean and Einar learn to put their old grievances aside and make peace, not just with each other but with themselves.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Heartbroken over a shattered love affair and weary of a dismal job, Carter Webb leaves Los Angeles to care for his ailing grandmother in her suburban Detroit home. There, Carter finds something he did not expect. Across the street from his grandmother lives a mother and daughter -- both beautiful, and both facing crises of life, love and confidence.
7) The way home
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
Korean
Description
Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Realtor Oren Little, willfully obnoxious to anyone who might cross his path, wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet. Then, his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Clueless about how to care for the abandoned nine-year-old, he pawns her off on his determined and lovable neighbor Leah and tries to resume his life. But little by little, Oren stubbornly learns to open his heart; to his family,...
10) Firefly Cloak
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Firefly Cloak is the powerfully vivid coming-of-age story of Tessa Lee, who, after being abandoned by her mother, sets off on a risky journey to discover what she has lost.
When eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are abandoned in a campground by their desperate mother and her boyfriend of the moment, they are left with only two things: a phone number written in Magic Marker on Travis's back and their mother's favorite housecoat, which...
11) City of thieves
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Peter is pretty much the average kid, he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather moves in with Peter's family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the interloper, but Grandpa Ed won't go without a fight.
13) Grandma
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In North River, critically acclaimed, best-selling author Pete Hamill whisks listeners back to 1934-when the Great Depression held New York City in its relentless grip-for a story of one remarkable man's perseverance. Haunted by the horrors of World War I, Dr. James Delaney's personal life is a nightmare. But everything changes when he returns home one day to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep.
17) The silly age
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
In 1950's Havana, before the Revolution, Samuel is brought to Havana by his mother Alicia, a newly divorced woman, to live with her long-ignored mother Violeta. At first, Violeta teases and commands Samuel. She tries to intimidate him a little and threatens him with being sent away to school. But, rather suddenly he becomes Violeta's protégé. She's a portrait photographer and Samuel becomes her assistant. Gradually a nice relationship between Violeta...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spending the night at Gram and Grandpa's house, Llama Llama discovers that he cannot sleep because he has left Fuzzy Llama at home, but Grandpa soon comes up with a solution to replace the stuffed toy.
20) Sweet dream baby
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to live in the humidity of rural Florida with his grandparents and his sixteen-year-old Aunt Delia for the summer, twelve-year-old Travis becomes absorbed in the closed ways of small-town life. Captivated by Delia, Travis watches her attempt to find a place for herself in the socially stunted, gossip-driven town. Delia's secrets go beyond what Travis can understand, but he believes that he alone can save her--a belief that not only forces him...
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