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Goosebumps. Original series volume 3
Language
English
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Discover the original bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's book series of all time!
While staying with his weird great-aunt Kathryn, Evan visits an eerie old toy store and buys a dusty can of Monster Blood. It's fun to play with at first. And Evan's dog, Trigger, likes it so much, he eats some. But then Evan notices something weird about the slimy green ooze. It keeps growing. And growing. And growing.And...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
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.
3) Not my dog
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Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Ellie has to give up her life-long dream of getting a puppy after her parents agree to take in the dog that Great-aunt Margaret can no longer keep.
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Language
English
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A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Sophie books (Dick King-Smith) volume 6
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
A visit to Great Aunt Al in the Scottish Highlands leads to an exciting change in Sophie's life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges — now in e-book! Eddie's Great-aunt Mathilda is sick and he has to help take care of her. But when Eddie and his friends visit Mathilda's house, strange things start to happen. Howie sees someone staring at him from the attic window and, when his back is turned, his garlic potato chips are used to spell the word ATTIC on the ground. During later visits the kids hear noises from the...
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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents. Unlike them, Emma-Rose has pale skin and jet-black hair, she prefers gray weather to sunshine, and she hates the taste of garlic. When Emma-Rose's great-aunt Margo comes to visit from Romania, Emma-rose uncovers a dark family secret and has a sudden revelation. Could Emma-Rose be a real, live vampire?" (publisher).
Author
Series
Silver sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
When their parents, a screenwriter and a film editor, go off on summer projects, Marigold, twelve, Zinnia, eleven, and Lily, five, must visit their Great Aunt Sunny in Cape Cod, where they learn much about themselves and each other and grow closer than ever.
11) The last dragon
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt, a young boy finds an old ten-man dragon in a shop and gets a number of people to help him repair it.
12) Fort
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Language
English
Description
"A middle-grade summer adventure about two boys who build an awesome fort and tangle with two older bullies"--
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Series
Language
Español
Description
The story of Miss Rumphius has delighted children for more than a decade with its tale of the Lupine Lady, who vowed as a young girl to make the world more beautiful. This sparkling edition, featuring vibrant landscapes, will continue to enchant readers with the idea that each person can contribute to making the world a better place.
"Great aunt Alice Rumphius was once a little girl who loved the sea, longed to visit faraway places, and wished to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Great Aunt Beauregard announces her intentions to bring budding engineer John into the family business of coffin manufacturing for the rest of his natural life--and, worse, to teach his sister Page to embalm--John decides enough is enough, and the two of them head out on the lam, maybe joining the circus"--
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Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
Author
Series
Silver sisters volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Silver sisters return to Cape Cod for the summer for their Great Aunt Sunny's wedding, but old crushes, new flames, and a sisterly betrayal may threaten their perfect summer.
Author
Series
Diary of an ice princess volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Lina invites her best friend to her house for a sleepover, the girls decide to escape the palace and Great-Aunt Eastia's rules by using Lina's winter magic.
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