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1) Graveminder
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Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville. Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place--and the man--she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered. It turns out that in placid Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected.
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"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of...
3) Sisters red
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After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenage girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.
5) Foreign body
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In this chilling new novel from the one and only Robin Cook, New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton rush to India to help a UCLA student investigating medical tourism-and a sinister global conspiracy.
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Twelve-year-old Eliot Katayama and her family move to Roseheart, Maine after the death of her beloved Babung. Eliot feels the loss personally and hopes to prove that ghosts are real so that she can talk to her grandmother one more time. To that end, she accepts a job at the supposedly haunted Honeyfield Hall and discovers a locked room leading to a place where ghosts in limbo are losing their memories. Along with new friend Hazel, she agrees to help...
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"Two high school enemies must reunite for a road trip inspired by their grandparents' broken engagement in this electric debut romance. Noelle Shepherd is unemployed, living with her parents, and grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos of Gram and a smitten man, tucked alongside a love letter. She creates a TikTok to search for the mystery man, which goes viral, and she's shocked when his grandson responds--a...
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"The Williams women don't just keep secrets...They bury them. The three Williams girls are as close as sisters can be, and they also share one special trait in common: each of them have a man in their lives that they could do without...Their sister-in-law Stephanie, an outsider, knows all the family dirt and is watching the three of them...When the woman who raised them, their beloved Gran, dies on the eve of her eightieth birthday, the Williams sisters...
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"London, 2017: When Aurelia Leclaire inherits an opulent Paris apartment, she is shocked to discover her grandmother's hidden secrets--including a treasure trove of famous art and couture gowns. One obscure painting leads her to Gabriel Seymour, a highly respected art restorer with his own mysterious past. Together they attempt to uncover the truths concealed within the apartment's walls. Paris, 1942: The Germans may occupy the City of Lights, but...
11) Things that grow
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"After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning about life and love along the way."--Provided by publisher.
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Lily Rosewood has lived with her grandmother since her dad's death a year ago. She and Gram have always been close--Gram's role as chair of their family's luxury coat business has inspired Lily's love of fashion, and Lily hopes to follow in Gram's footsteps one day. Then Gram dies suddenly, and Lily's world is upended. Gram's quarter of a billion dollar fortune is missing, and Lily has been banned from the manor she and Gram shared. But Gram has always...
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"Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, living a quiet life away from neighbors' stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up during the Troubles. But underneath her seemingly predictable existence, she doesn't know where her father is, and every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella's grandmother dies, she comes to realize there may be more...
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"It's always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O'Hanlon it's devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge...They spend all their time together...until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good. Yardley isn't convinced. Gidge was a big believer in reincarnation. She promised she'd never leave Yardley...So when a stylish older woman walks into the Over Easy Vintage Emporium where Yardley is helping out, Yardley is sure...
15) Cuerpo extraño
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UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez is shocked when she learns that her beloved grandmother has died following hip replacement surgery in a hospital in New Delhi, India, and when her attempts to learn what happened meet with resistance, she calls upon her friend New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery for help, and together the women uncover a sinister conspiracy of global proportions.
16) Old friends
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A young girl named Marjorie, looking for new friends who like the same things she does--like baking shows, gardening, and knitting--disguises herself as an elderly lady to enter the local Senior Citizens Group. Everything goes well, until dancing the cha-cha-cha reveals her to be a kid in disguise. Thankfully, the old people still accept her, even though she is so young.
17) Healer and witch
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"Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their French village at the end of the Middle Ages, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mère deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they’re a bit . . . witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use her untrained magic to heal her mother’s grief yields tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves in search of a teacher. Accompanied...
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"Asha travels with her parents from America to India to mourn her grandmother's passing. Asha's grief and anger are compounded by the empty yellow suitcase usually reserved for gifts to and from Grandma, but when she discovers a gift left behind just for her, Asha realizes that the memory of her grandmother will live on inside her, no matter where she lives"--Provided by publisher.
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"Grandmother lives with Grace's family. She teaches her how to measure water for rice. She tells her stories about growing up in China and together they savor the flavors of her childhood. Grandmother says goodbye when she drops Grace off at school every morning and hello when she picks her up at the end of the day. Then, Grandmother stops walking Grace to and from school, and the door to her room stays closed. Father comes home early to make dinner,...
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"Xiao Le's grandmother lives in a faraway village. A visit with Grandma is always a special event, but this time she is frail. With encouragement from his mom, Xiao Le plays with and helps Grandma. When Grandma dies shortly thereafter, Xiao Le comforts his mom--reminding her that when it rains, Grandma is washing her clothes in the sky ... and that although the Perfume Village in heaven cannot be reached by train, it can be accessed by the heart....