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1) Pollyanna
Author
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Pollyanna Whittier comes to live with her stern maiden aunt, the entire town of Beldingsville is affected by the bubbly nature of this lively eleven-year-old. Not only is she perpetually cheerful, she also brightens the lives of everyone she meets.
How does Pollyanna manage to be so eternally optimistic? How does she spread her bright outlook among the sick, sad, and abrasive people of the town and transform the life of her lonely
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate...only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent...
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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
John Puller novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts. Life there is no fun, until James receives some magical, tiny green things and accidentally drops them by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends-- Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A thoroughly modern woman, Sarah Cain has long disdained her sister's Plain lifestyle. But when news comes of her sister's death, Sarah is stunned to learn she has been named guardian of her children. How can Sarah sacrifice her successful career and a life she enjoys to raise five Amish orphans she barely knows? Besides, Sarah is harboring a secret grief of her own...Will the sorrow that divides them ultimately unite the new family?
Author
Series
Andy Russell series volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Andy and his friend Tamika spend the weekend in the city with Tamika's aunt and uncle, he tries hard to follow all the rules of etiquette during outings to a French restaurant, an art museum, and the ballet, while using his detective skills to solve a mystery involving "parachuting" hamsters.
11) The big tan van
Author
Series
Publisher
Treasure Bay
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A young girl's Aunt Sue comes to visit her and takes her on a series of unusual adventures, from a store where they try stilts, to a lake where they have a picnic with a frog, to a zoo where the ducks wear raincoats and the monkeys are in suits.
12) Keeping the moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 p. ; col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream.
15) Ducks in a row
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max the duck wishes he could do something for the other animals living at Irene's house, but when his aunts arrive for a visit he gets more than his fill of being helpful.
16) Double identity
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Author
Series
Seasons of the heart (Janette Oke) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Auntie Lou was the only mother Josh knew and now Grandpa and Uncle Charlie were working to get her married off.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Smarting from her recently canceled 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-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie's curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line...
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