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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her father goes away, eleven-year-old California "Callie" Poppy winds up with her eccentric Great-Aunt Monica and their ancestor - the once-famous etiquette expert Eleanor Fontaine, now a hypersensitive ghost.
45) Lucy at sea
Author
Series
Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Lucy travels to Australia in her magical house-turned-ship to find her long-lost Aunt Pru and solve the mystery of the curse on her family."--
Author
Series
Bliss novels volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Rose Bliss and her siblings track down magical ingredients in Paris so Rose can compete in a baking challenge against her evil aunt and win back the family's magical cookbook"--
47) Egyptian lullaby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.
48) Not all heroes
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: Williamsburg
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: Williamsburg
Description
Moving halfway across the country did not help eleven-year-old Zinnia deal with her little brother's death, but joining her neighbors and aunt as a Real Life Super Hero does that and more.
50) Compulsion
Author
Series
Heirs of Watson Island trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.
51) Jazz for lunch
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Esta novela "cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso mágica tía Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pañuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor para las fiestas, café, hierbabuena, orégano, anís, hojas de guanábana, ajíes--su alegría invade la casa y--poco a poco--a todo el pueblo. Un...
54) Monster blood
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"While staying with his weird great-aunt, Evan buys a mixture of monster blood at a funky old toy store. It's fun to play with at first. But then Evan notices something weird about the green slimy stuff -- it seems to be growing. And all that growing has given it a monstrous appetite ..." P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Although Aunt Arlene tries to interest her in clothing and growing up, ten-year-old Mildred is entirely focused on growing a pumpkin big enough to win the annual Circleville, Ohio, contest, as her mother dreamed of doing before she died.
56) Almost paradise
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.
Author
Publisher
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. The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles is a madcap, magical adventure into the heart of what it means to have an aunt or uncle-how we learn to keep each other close and how we find love in the simplest things."--
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 2
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Everybody is fighting in sixth-grader Maximilian's world as his elderly aunts battle for the Queen Bingo trophy, his masked uncles wrestle for the tag-team title of the world, and his sweetheart and the "new girl" battle for Max's heart.
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