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1) The big pig
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Uncle Pete takes Cliff and Henry to the state fair, they sample their way through the longest hot dog, the fastest roller coaster, and the thickest chocolate shakes, while on the way to see the biggest pig.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Emma Burblee's beautiful but snobbish parents banish her to Nummington for the summer with her loathsome Uncle Simon, she is befriended by the seemingly magical town baker, Mr. Crackle, who soon becomes a target of Simon and his associate.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
7) Wolf song
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
At twilight, Nell and her Uncle Walter go into the north woods, hoping to hear--and join--the howling of the wolves. Includes facts about wolves and howling expeditions.
8) Gumption!
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes open and uses his ingenuity.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 59
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When his grandfather finds out he is bankrupt, Geronimo is sent off to Moldy Manor where his miserly Uncle Stingysnout teaches him to be better at saving.
10) Cryptid hunters
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents.
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 1
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Bad behavior reigns when Kitty's owners leave Kitty and Puppy at home for a week with Uncle Murray as their pet sitter. Includes a Q&A with the author.
Author
Series
Clarice Bean (Picture books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic.
14) Tentacles
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle and accompany him on, what soon becomes, an increasingly dangerous expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid.
15) Pig Pig returns
Author
Series
Pig Pig books volume 6
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Pig Pig is concerned about travelling across the country with his aunt and uncle, but is even more worried when he returns.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Following his botanist uncle's suggestion, Max secretly scatters flower seeds all over the city.
Max plants seeds given to him by an uncle and the town comes to life with flowers and color and his class picks the flowers, draws them and studies them.
18) Fort
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"A middle-grade summer adventure about two boys who build an awesome fort and tangle with two older bullies."--
19) Alien feast
Author
Series
Chronicles of the first invasion volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who might cure the disease that is destroying them, and twelve-year-old William Aitkin, his elderly, ailing Uncle Maynard, and the scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From the moment he wakes up, Buster Bicke is full of big ideas but when he tries them out he never fails to get into trouble at home or in school, so his mother takes him to visit his Uncle Roswell, an inventor, who needs some help only Buster can provide.
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