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61) The golden hour
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rowan and his eleven-year-old sister Nina, still bereft by the death of their mother the year before, experience an unusual adventure through time when they come to stay with their two eccentric great-aunts in a small town on the Maine coast.
63) Sophie's Lucky
Author
Series
Sophie books (Dick King-Smith) volume 6
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
A visit to Great Aunt Al in the Scottish Highlands leads to an exciting change in Sophie's life.
65) Awful End
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's sickly parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken in by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Great Aunt Beauregard announces her intentions to bring budding engineer John into the family business of coffin manufacturing for the rest of his natural life--and, worse, to teach his sister Page to embalm--John decides enough is enough, and the two of them head out on the lam, maybe joining the circus"--
67) Jo's story
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy aunt offers to adopt one of the March girls, ten-year-old Jo decides the best thing to do is sacrifice herself.
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Leaving his parents, his Mad Uncle Jack, and his Even Madder Aunt Maud at home at Awful End, Eddie Dickens, along with the color-blind Lady Constance, boards the ship the Pompous Pig on a mission to America.
72) Dog days
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
73) Lucy the good
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
When Lucy's great-aunt Bep comes from Holland to Adelaide, Australia, to visit, she is shocked by some of Lucy's behavior, and Lucy begins to wonder about herself. Includes a glossary of Dutch words and a recipe for Dutch spiced cookies.
74) Lucky Christmas
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
When Great-Aunt Octavia's visit banishes his dog Lucky from the house, George tries to get him reinstated in time for Christmas.
77) No more nice
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Simon has been raised to be extremely well-behaved, but when he goes to visit his unconventional great-aunt he discovers that not everyone has the same ideas about good manners.
78) Dreadful acts
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-year-old Sophie has longed to live in Manhattan but could never afford to do so--even with roommates. She has just been laid off from a job that she didn't love. When her 92 year old great aunt invites her to stay with her for a while--in her Fifth Avenue Apartment--Sophie jumps at the chance to move to the city. She decides to temp for a while to find out what industry she wants to go to next as she is burned out from the stress of working...
80) Strays like us
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
When her drug-addict mother can no longer care for her, twelve-year-old Molly comes to stay with her great-aunt and slowly begins to realize that others in the small town also feel as if they don't belong.
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