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Publisher
HQN
Language
English
Description
"After the death of their mother, sisters Daisy and Beatriz Davenport found a home with their aunt Stella in the beautiful and welcoming town of Cape Sanctuary. They never knew all the dreams that Stella sacrificed to ensure they had everything they'd ever need. Now, with Daisy and Bea grown, it's time for Stella to reveal the secret she's been keeping from them--a secret that will change their family forever. Bea thought she'd sown all her wild oats...
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1982]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. Smarting from her recently cancelled 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....
Author
Series
Puller volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
After he receives a posthumous note from his aunt hinting that things are horribly amiss in her Florida Gulf Coast town, Army Special Agent John Puller uncovers a shocking conspiracy.
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One woman discovers the beauty in chaos in this poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold family together from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery. With her divorce settlement about to run out and a mortgage she can't afford, Robyn Caldwell needs a plan for her future. She nurtured her family and neglected herself. But how's she supposed to think when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son...
Author
Series
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
128 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When sixteen-year-old Billy Wentworth is forced to spend the summer with his aunt on the tiny island of Appledore off the New England coast, he is determined to hate the place. But a salty old sea captain and cheerful young girl quickly befriend him, and soon the three are caught in the middle of a dangerous plot. With a cunning and ruthless enemy lurking close by, Billy must gather all his courage to save his friends and defend his country from...
8) Summer party
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
54 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Practical magic volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
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
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Tommy goes to visit his Aunt Jeanne at her mansion, he finds a series of notes that are clues to an unnamed puzzle meant to be solved by Tommy and the reader.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tommy's aunt Jeanne invites him to join her in Christmas City, where he finds a series of notes that are clues to a puzzle meant to be solved by Tommy and the reader.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Vera is surprised when her niece shows up at her East Prussia farmhouse with her young son after fleeing a bad relationship in Hamburg and the pair find they have more in common than they ever thought possible.
13) Lucinda's secret
Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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.
14) Circus Mirandus
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Learning from his dying grandfather that a magical circus at the heart of his favorite bedtime stories is real, young Micah and his friend Jenny embark on a journey to claim a miracle from the circus's wondrous magician, the Lightbender.
15) Lanie
Author
Series
American girl volume Lanie, 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Lanie Holland loves science and nature, and so she wants to go camping and have adventures in the wilderness, while her family wants to stay home, but Lanie finds someone else who loves the outdoors when her Aunt Hannah visits.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2001, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
122 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Edition
1st Harcourt pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
113 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Andy's parents are at the hospital with a new baby, leaving Andy and his sister at home with their germaphobic aunt, Andy thinks that Aunt Janet wants him to get rid of his pets.
Author
Series
Running Horse Ridge volume 2
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
205 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emily must learn to trust her Aunt Debby in order to feel comfortable at the family's horse ranch and rescue center, just as a terrified pony must learn to trust people in order to be rehabilitated.