Age Is Only a Number: Friendships That Transcend Generational DividesLike this list

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• Old Friends

  Aitken, Margaret,

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  Marjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Busted

  Gemeinhart, Dan,

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  Twelve-year-old's Oscar and Natasha assist an ex-mobster retiree bust out of his retirement community in exchange for money to help Oscar and his grandfather to stay in their home.

• Dear Mr. G

  Evans, Christine (Christine N.),

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  A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor in a series of letters

• Audrey Covington Breaks the Rules

  Evans, Karina,

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  Eleven-year-old Audrey Covington and her grandmother, a former famous actress, have a night out in Hollywood where they break the rules of Audrey's strict parents.

• Tree. Table. Book.

  Lowry, Lois,

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  Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.

• Another Word for Neighbor

  Krans, Angela Pham

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  Han is happy to spend his days with his tea, his newspaper, and his plants. Everything is nice and quiet-- just the way he likes it. That is, until Kate and Olly move in next door. From the APALA Honor Award-winning author of Finding Papa, Angela…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation

  Cartaya, Pablo,

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  Thirteen-year-old Cuban American Gonzalo joins his estranged grandfather on road trip to promote his grandfather's fantasy book series.

• Clean Getaway

  Stone, Nic,

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  For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Khalil and Mr. Hagerty and the Backyard Treasures

  Springstubb, Tricia,

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  Khalil lives in the upstairs apartment with his family, which is big and busy and noisy. Downstairs lives Mr. Hagerty, who is quiet. Khalil and Mr. Hagerty don't appear to have a lot in common, but hot summer days have a way of bringing people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not Nothing

  Forman, Gayle,

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  When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.

• When I Hit the Road

  Cavanaugh, Nancy J.,

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  Samantha's journal relates a boring visit to her grandmother's condominium that takes an unexpected turn when she, Gram, Gram's friend Mimi, and Mimi's grandson Brandon set out across Florida for a seniors' karaoke contest.

• Walking With Miss Millie

  Bundy, Tamara,

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  After moving with her mother and deaf brother to Grandma's small Georgia town in the 1960s, Alice copes with feelings of isolation by befriending the elderly black woman who lives next door.

• Any Day With You

  Respicio, Mae,

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  During the summer before seventh grade, Kaia, who enjoys living in Southern California, visiting the beach with her family, and creating movie make-up effects, makes a film with her friends to win a contest and hopefullly prevent her beloved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dead End in Norvelt

  Gantos, Jack

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  In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From Norvelt to Nowhere

  Gantos, Jack,

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  After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Farah Rocks Florida

  Darraj, Susan Muaddi,

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  Farah's little brother is in the hospital with a heart problem that needs surgery, so her parents send sixth-grader Farah off to stay with her grandmother in a retirement condo in Florida; Sitti Fayrouz does not speak much English, has a lot of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Old School

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.

• The Little Toymaker

  Min, Cat,

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  The Little Toymaker makes wonderful toys. not for children, but for their grandparents and other older folk. (People often forget that they, too, like toys!) But it isn't always easy. One morning, an old woman brings the Little Toymaker a candy tin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Hat for Mrs. Goldman

  a Story About Knitting and Love

  Edwards, Michelle,

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  Sophia knits a special hat for her elderly neighbor and knitting teacher, Mrs. Goldman.