When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Alex's grandfather keeps forgetting things. Alex is desperate to help him remember, but he is haunted by his own memories of war. As he digs into his grandfather's past, he stumbles across secrets that both of them are afraid to face
The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kit's recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family had both worked and died in the mines, Askew invites Kit to join him in playing a game called Death. Kit's association with Askew takes him into the mines where the boys look to find the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors.
A beautiful retelling of this timeless classic. Heidi is the perfect introduction to classic stories for younger readers.rnrnHeidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her cranky grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps. Soon she is happy and healthy, leading a carefree life with her grandfather, her new friend, Peter, and the goats on the Alm.rnBut Heidi's happiness is short-lived when…