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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Author
Language
English
Description
"One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a youth that took her to...
6) Pollyanna
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
8) Driveways
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and the **Tribeca Film Festival**.
9) Aunt Pearl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family. Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules....
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In England, newly pregnant seventeen-year-old Hattie and her gin-drinking great-aunt Gloria, who is in the early stages of dementia, set out togethere on a road trip of self-discovery--Gloria to finally confront the secrets of her past before they are wiped from her memory forever and Hattie to face the hard choices that will determine her future.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The "wickedly offbeat" (Parade), contemporary mystery series follows the adventures of newly promoted Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone and her three crime-writing aunts as they solve murders in the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh. Though Matilda's strict boss warns her that homicides are police-only matters, her aunts can't help but offer their expertise, as well as unsolicited dating advice. As Matilda contends with a novelist killed during...
13) The newcomer
Author
Language
English
Description
"After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya's ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister's warnings: 'If anything bad happens to me--it's Evan. Promise me you'll take Maya and run. Promise me.' So Letty grabs her sister's Mercedes and hits the road... With a trunkful...
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Junie B. is disappointed to find out that her aunt has asked someone else to be the flower girl at her wedding.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last Elmer storybook from master picture book maker and BookTrust Liftetime Achievement Award winner David McKee, about caring for elderly family members. Aunt Zelda has a gift to give to Elmer from his Grandpa Eldo, but she can't remember what it is or where it is. Zelda's memory sometimes escapes her, and her hearing isn't what it used to be, so they set off together to find Grandpa Eldo and solve the mystery of the forgotten gift. Elmer's love,...
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Patty, la tía de Katie, es la nueva alcaldesa. Katie y sus amigos van a su primera reunión del ayuntamiento llenos de ideas de lo que necesita su vecindario, como helados, cachorritos y un parque nuevo para que los niños puedan jugar con seguridad"--
Katie's Aunt Patty is the new mayor, and Katie and her friends attend her first city council meeting, brimming with ideas about what their neighborhood needs--like free ice cream, puppies, and a...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"JoJo's aunt Kayla is a firefighter. She's teaching Katie's class about her job. Katie keeps trying to ask Kayla questions, but Kayla has lots to say before it's question time. If Katie is patient, will she learn what she really wants to know about firefighters?"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her father goes away, eleven-year-old California "Callie" Poppy winds up with her eccentric Great-Aunt Monica and their ancestor, the once-famous etiquette expert Eleanor Fontaine, now a hypersensitive ghost.
Author
Publisher
Cuento De Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Auntie Maggie and her Five Nieces and Nephews - is a tremendously original and funny picture book in which Maggie, an unconventional aunt, will have to survive a whole summer with her five nephews and nieces and their respective problems. An original and entertaining picture book that offers us an adventure full of humor, confidence, and courage at the beginning of childhood maturity and responsibility when children face difficulties and need help....
20) Dias de perros
Author
Series
Cr?nicas de la primeria Carver volume s uno
Publisher
Clarion Books/Hougton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
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.
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