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Emily Starr trilogy volume 1
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English
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Lucy Maud Montgomery has been beloved by generations of readers for her Anne of Green Gables stories. In the celebrated Emily trilogy, (of which Emily of New Moon is the first book) Montgomery draws a more realistic portrait of a young girl's life on Prince Edward Island. The twin threads of bright and dark, love and cruelty, hope and despair intertwine in a pattern as significant as it is enduring.
Along with Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Emily...
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As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
4) Pollyanna
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Language
English
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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.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. Meanwhile, Joe is a former commodities trader left bankrupt after a Ponzi scheme who is searching for a job. So when Mel finds it hard to handle an instant family and her own life, she hires Joe to become the family's new male nanny, or 'manny.' Includes the final eighteen episodes of the first...
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Judy Moody volume 10
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.
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Feiwel and Friends Book, an imprint of MacMillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The art of Auntieology and Uncleology is a sacred craft, but ten-year-old Leo has an Uncle Mo-a clueless stationery supply salesman with good intentions-who just doesn't get it. Yet."-- From publisher's description.
13) Ducks in a row
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Harper
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Max the duck wishes he could do something for the other animals living at Irene's house, but when his aunts arrive for a visit he gets more than his fill of being helpful.
15) Wedding flowers
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Series
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Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
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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English
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"Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her own acting dreams into making her daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path than her sister. Whitney was always the studious older sister, hating the cult of celebrity that...
18) Lucinda's secret
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Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
19) Summer party
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Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old cousins Lily, Rosie, and Tess are sad when it is time to leave Aunt Lucy, so they plan a party and get a special surprise to look forward to in the near future.
20) Housekeeping
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English
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This modern classic is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their grandmother, then of two comically bumbling aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. Their struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival. Cross Promotion With Gilead (FSG; Hardcover; November 2004)
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