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English
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On her first day in New York City with her younger brother, Kevin, twelve-year-old Lexi overhears thieves discussing where to hide stolen jewels, and the siblings, along with their aunt's neighbor, Kim Ling, skip day camp to investigate "the crime of the century."
43) Threadneedle
Author
Series
Threadneedle novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. 'Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end ... ' Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever. Until she meets Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop...
44) Keeping the moon
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Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
46) My Auntie Susan
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The narrator lists in simple rhyming text some of the great things about Auntie Susan, who wears a long scarf and likes to cook and bake.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Grace Cavanaugh is hell-bent on proving her Women's Studies dissertation thesis that beauty only leads to misery, didn't reckon on her her great-aunt Sophia, a former B-movie star, transforming her into a femme fatale who purrs for her suitors ... or devours them.
48) Here for you
Author
Series
Family Is forever volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Rachel Knicely has put her own life on hold for six months to take care of her great aunt, who has Alzheimer's. Putting her aunt first was an easy decision, but accepting the fact that Aunt Tweet is nearing the end of her battle is too difficult. Nicholas Adams has been visiting the sick and comforting those in need for years, but when he meets Rachel and Aunt Tweet, he's surprised to realize that Rachel is the one who needs him most. He's falling...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her estranged sister runs off, leaving eight-year-old Riley in her father's care, Maggie reluctantly returns home to help. There she reconnects with Cooper, but she's afraid if she shows him her true self, he'll reject her.
Author
Publisher
Monarch Educational Services
Language
English
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Description
"The coming-of-age story follows Gwyn Madison, the summer after her high school graduation, as she grapples with her fast-approaching future. She'll have to face more than she bargained for with her Aunt Delia, the family matriarch, who holds the purse strings and the final word. In the meantime, Gwyn stumbles upon a tightly held family secret. Could a mysterious letter provide Gwyn the leverage she desires? Will it only bring more family division?...
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 5
Publisher
Little Simon
Language
English
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Description
When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a friend who suggests making a miniature village in the sand.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After Daniel's explorer parents vanish and he is forced to live with his strange Aunt Severe, he finds himself on a rescue mission to save three lost dragons who have been captured by the evil Gotcha Grabber and thrown into a zoo.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
After spending months unable to use her powers, Brynn Warren is once again using her gift and working at her family's bed-and-breakfast. Her heart is full, and although one of her aunts wonders if it might be a little more full with a bit of romance in her life, Brynn is certain that finding love again is not in her future. In fact, she can't imagine anyone being more certain of anything...except for maybe, the recently deceased Mortimer Sweete. He's...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The townspeople in St. Clere, Kansas, are sure it will never work out when the neat and orderly spinster, Minnie McGranahan, takes her nine orphaned nieces and nephews into her home in 1920.
Author
Series
Auntie Poldi novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy the sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Vito Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep: John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged lying cheat of a husband.Not only is John's sudden reappearance...
Series
Reading rainbow volume 134
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little girl hatches a plan to bring Broadway to her matinee-loving aunt who's in bed recovering from a rhumba-related spill.
Viewers learn about the joys of performing from members of The Boys Choir of Harlem, comic Peter Petofsky and actors from the Broadway hit, Cats.
60) Wedding flowers
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old cousins Lily, Rosie, and Tess return to their aunt's house on Cobble Street to help her plan the perfect wedding.
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