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1) Pollyanna
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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.
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Dido Kent mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Visiting Bellfield Hall to comfort her niece, who has been seemingly abandoned by her wealthy fiancé, Miss Dido Kent investigates the possibly related death of a young woman, a situation that is complicated by surprising secrets.
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Judy Moody volume 10
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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.
5) The trolls
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English
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Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are away and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history.
6) Black sheep
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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High-spirited woman's objections to a fortune hunter's designs on her niece are heightened by the arrival of the young man's "black sheep" uncle.
9) Housekeeping
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English
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A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff...
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Seasons of the heart volume 1
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English
Description
An orphaned boy finds his security in God after his aunt, who has raised him, marries and moves away.
11) Up a road slowly
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English
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After her mother's death, Julia goes to live with her Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher.
12) Keeping the moon
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
14) Circus Mirandus
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English
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"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
15) Mystery ranch
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English
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The Warner children spend the summer out West at their Aunt Jane's ranch and make a surprising discovery.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father. Includes author's note and bibliographic references"--
18) Missing May
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English
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After the death of her beloved aunt (who has raised her), 12-year-old Summer, with her uncle Ob, leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
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League of beastly dreadfuls volume 1
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English
Description
Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great-aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
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