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My aunt and uncle
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Mary Auld |
Explains, in brief text and illustrations, the meaning of the terms "aunt" and "uncle" and describes their roles in a family and their relationship with their nieces and nephews. |
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Jade Green
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings. |
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Mikale of Hawaii
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Maya Angelou |
Mikale, a young Hawaiian boy, learns to swim with help from his uncle. |
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Uncle Isaaco
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Patricia Polacco |
When his family is forced by the Nazis to flee their home in Trieste, Italy, Enzo misses his beloved uncle most of all. |
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Emily's fortune
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Un… |
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The Cardturner
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Louis Sachar |
From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.How are we supposed t… |
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The secret of ROVER
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Rachel Wildavsky |
Twelve-year-old twins Katie and David Bowen evade foreign militants and make their way from Washington, D.C. to their uncle's Vermont home, hoping he can help rescue their parents, who were kidnapped… |
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Final exposure
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Roxanne Rustand |
"Someone's lurking in the shadows. Safety. Serenity. That's what Jack Matthews wants, and what he seeks in Lost Falls, Montana. A quiet retreat is just what Jack and his orphaned nephew, Max, need--e… |
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Shades of gray
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Carolyn Reeder |
At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers … |
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Gumption!
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Elise Broach,Richard Egielski |
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes … |
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Beautiful
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Susi Gregg Fowler |
A young gardener and Uncle George collaborate on a garden, so that when a very sick Uncle George comes home from the doctor he is greeted with beautiful flowers. |
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Sound Bender
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Lin Oliver |
After their parents are declared dead, Leo and his brother Hollis are taken in by a wealthy but distant step-uncle, and when, on his thirteenth birthday, Leo acquires the ability to hear sounds from … |
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After the river the sun
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Dia Calhoun |
After his parents' death, his own near-drowning, and months in foster care, twelve-year-old Eckhart Lyon moves to his Uncle Al's orchard on trial but yearns for a real home, and with new friend Eva's… |
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Tentacles by Roland Smith
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Roland Smith |
This is a Very exiting book. Luther and Marty two best friends and Marty's thought to be twin sister, Grace go in a adventure in a boat. Noah Blackwood, Grace's Grandfather tries to kidnap Grace with… |
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Uncle James
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Marc Harshman |
As a young boy and his family endure hard times on their Indiana farm, they look forward to the letters and promises of help from their uncle out west. |
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Horace the Horrible
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Jackie French Koller |
The fearsome knight Horace tries to prove to his niece that he is as good as his brother, the King, while all she really wants is someone to help her stop missing her father. |
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Bad hare day
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Miriam Moss |
Uncle Herbert the Hare, the best hairdresser in town, has his hands full when his niece Holly spends time at his salon. |
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Una tremenda vacanza a Villa Pitocca!
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Elisabetta Dami |
"Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even worse, when my grandfather found out, he sent me off to Moldy Manor. There, miserly Uncle Stingysnout woul… |
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Oy, Joy! ; a novel
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Lucy Frank |
Although her ailing uncle creates problems for her whole family when he moves in with them, Joy survives his bungling attempts at matchmaking even as she plays the game herself. |
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The Thornthwaite betrayal
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Gareth P. Jones |
After a lifetime of plotting each other's demise, orphan twins Lorelli and Ovid Thornthwaite have reached an uneasy truce and are living a quieter life in the remains of the burnt-out Thornthwaite Ma… |
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