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82) Pollyanna
Author
Language
English
Description
When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
83) Oy, feh, so?
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every Sunday Aunt Essy, Aunt Chanah and Uncle Sam drive up in the old Lincoln for their afternoon visit and plop themselves down in the living room. 'Oy, ' says Aunt Essy. 'Feh, ' says Aunt Chanah. 'So?' says Uncle Sam. That's all they ever say, every Sunday! But one afternoon the three children in the family decide they've had enough..." -- Jacket flap.
Author
Series
Sinister summer series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Twins Theo and Alexander and their sister Wil are abruptly dropped off at their Aunt Saffronia's house, where they learn they must complete a series of tasks in order to see their parents again--and their first assignment is at a waterpark.
Author
Series
Practical magic novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three hundred years, but all of that is about to change. The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger - the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man's life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Aunt Isabel tells Penelope the story of Lady Nell, star of the East Woods nutball team, who pitched ninety-mile-an-hour cherry drops at thieves.
87) Murder most fair
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"November 1919. At the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then her beloved Great Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep after years in war-ravaged Germany. Ilse has returned to England for her health-- and because someone has been sending her anonymous threats. As she joins Verity's family deep in the Yorkshire Dales, Ilse encounters difficulties; normally...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
1993.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
While visiting his great-aunt, a young boy spends the afternoon being chased through the house by an assortment of creatures led by the Mouse King.
92) Sophie's Lucky
Author
Series
Sophie books (Dick King-Smith) volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A visit to Great Aunt Al in the Scottish Highlands leads to an exciting change in Sophie's life.
93) Aunt Maria
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
While visiting and caring for Great-Aunt Maria, Mig and Chris discover that their "helpless" relative has frightening powers.
Author
Series
Amish mercies novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She's returning to her old Amish community with something to hide. Something big. He's just trying to make it through his first winter as a farmer. Together they will learn the meaning of steadfast mercy in this sweet Amish romance"--
96) A pretty deceit
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Peacetime has brought little respite for Verity Kent. Intrigue still abounds, even within her own family. As a favor to her father, Verity agrees to visit his sister in Wiltshire. Her once prosperous aunt has fallen on difficult times and is considering selling their estate. But there are strange goings-on at the manor, including missing servants, possible heirloom forgeries, and suspicious rumors - all leading to the discovery of a dead body on...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie's curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Just as a degree of calm returns to Spike Sanguinetti's life in Gibraltar, he receives the shocking news that his Maltese uncle and aunt are dead after a domestic dispute escalated into a blood-soaked murder-suicide. Accompanied by his aging father, Spike crosses the Mediterranean to Malta for the funerals. It falls to Spike, a lawyer, to act as executor of the wills. The more he looks into his relatives' deaths, however, the more he is faced by...
100) What she left for me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mother and daughter struggle with grief and forgiveness. Will they allow God's spirit—and God's people—to bring true healing...and a future filled with love?
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