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Series
League of beastly dreadfuls volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great-aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
43) A gift
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncles who live far away in China.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 7
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
45) Aunt Mary's rose
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
While helping take care of his great-aunt's rose bush, young Douglas learns about family members who have done the same, starting with his great-great-grandfather, and comes to see how each is still part of that bush.
46) Prince of Air
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Twins Felix and Maisie, along with their Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne, are transported back in time to Coney Island where they meet a young Harry Houdini.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father"--
Author
Series
Six crowns volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hedgehogs Trundle and Esmeralda, along with their new friend Jack Nimble, sail out into the Sundered Lands to find Esmeralda's aunt, who they hope will help them unravel the clues to find the next of the six crowns.
Author
Series
Mango Delight volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mango is invited to star in Yo, Romeo! in New York City, but must struggle to balance the opportunity of a lifetime with homesickness, insecurity, and staying close to her best friend long-distance.
53) Jazz for lunch
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1968, eleven-year-old Julia and her Aunt Constance are forced to sell their family home, Windy Ridge, in New York's Hudson Valley and embark on a cross-country automobile trip in search of Julia's mother, bringing only three travel trunks and some "practical travel things."
56) Winter wood
Author
Series
Touchstone trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
In Somerset, England, on her family's farm, Midge must find a lost artifact that will help the warring tribes of the Various--little people that only Midge can see-- return to their homeland, but in order to accomplish this, she must first find her great-great-aunt Celandine, who also spent time with the Various as a child.
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Josefina discovers that she has a gift for healing when she tends an orphaned baby goat, finds the courage and creativity to mend her family's broken trust in an americano trader, and seeks to keep her family whole and happy when?? Tía Dolores plans to leave.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Amateur detective Pepper Blouse, a rising seventh-grader, cannot resist investigating when her Great Aunt Florence passes away under mysterious circumstances, but strictly following her mother's Detective Rulebook may not be the best plan.
60) Garmann's summer
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
As the summer ends, six-year-old Garmann's three ancient aunts visit and they all talk about the things that scare them.
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