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Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nathaniel and Aunt Phil are summoned to the Welsh countryside to calm the giant dragons known as wyverns, they suspect the problem was caused by the same sinister man who has been trying to steal the Book of Beasts.
Author
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Frankie is an orphan (or a reluctant wife). Mave is an autodidact (or the town pariah). Nan is an artist (or the town whore). Each separately haunted, Frankie, Mave, and Nan - with a hound in tow - set out in an Oldsmobile Royale for Abiquiú and the desert of Georgia O'Keeffe, seeking an escape from everything they've known.Frankie records the journey in letters to her aunt Mave's dead lover, a linguist named Ruth, sketching out her troubled life...
Author
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mabel's parents leave town without warning, she isn't worried. They're spies, after all. But when her beloved Aunt Gertie is arrested for leading a smuggling ring, then her obnoxious uncle Frank and aunt Stella show up, demanding to be let into the family's private museum, things begin to look fishy. Especially since Mabel hasn't heard from her parents in days. Tackling a mystery like this one is what she has been training for her whole life....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
136 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (350 pages)
Language
English
Description
Since her family was killed by a drunk driver six years ago, Alexandra Tate, now eighteen, has seen emotions personified--especially Revenge--but now that the driver is out of prison, surprising discoveries about her father's past make choosing between Revenge and Forgiveness a struggle.
Author
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about. Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica, " and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 339 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Strange dealings are afoot in the Apostolic Palace--a nun leapt to her death shortly after participating in a seemingly routine exorcism. But when a priest clad in Gammarelli and a Vatican commissario with an almost unholy level of sex appeal turn up at her door, Poldi is shocked to hear that she's a suspect in their case. Who is the woman being exorcised, and where has she disappeared to? And why in the world does she claim, in perfect Bavarian,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ginny Blackstone precipitously travels from her home in New Jersey to London when she receives a message from an unknown man telling her he has the letters that were stolen just before she completed a series of mysterious tasks assigned by her now dead aunt, an artist.
131) The unicorn's tale
Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beastologist-in-training Nathaniel Fludd and his Aunt Phil nurse a mysteriously ill unicorn, try to stop Obediah from taking the unicorn's horn, and finally get a solid lead on the whereabouts of Nathaniel's parents.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
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"--
Author
Series
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 m©Łgica t©Ưa Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pa©łuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor para las fiestas, caf©♭, hierbabuena, or©♭gano, an©Ưs, hojas de guan©Łbana, aj©Ưes--su alegr©Ưa invade la casa y--poco a poco--a...
135) Molly takes flight
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
Molly feels that everything in her life has changed when her father goes off to England to help wounded soldiers and her beloved aunt joins the Women's Airforce Service Pilots. Includes a section on women pilots in the armed services, and a project related to the story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Donna and Kim Boon moved to Houston, Texas, with their Aunt Lisa when they were orphaned at ten years old. Lisa raised the girls as her own, showering them with everything a young woman could want. The girls have grown up into beautiful and privileged Houstonites and are two of the most eligible bachelorettes in the city, with more suitors than they know how to handle. Life seems perfect, but when Aunt Lisa is gunned down in cold blood, the girls...
137) Night bird calling
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Lilliana Swope's beloved mother dies, Lilliana gathers her last ounce of courage and flees her abusive husband for the home of her only living relative in the foothills of No Creek, North Carolina. Though Hyacinth Belvidere hasn't seen Lilliana since she was five, she offers her cherished great-niece a safe harbor. Their joyful reunion inspires plans to revive Aunt Hyacinth's estate and open a public library where everyone is welcome, no matter...
139) A royal tea
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 9
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Kiki and Echo help Shelly prepare for a royal tea with her visiting great-aunt, Queen Edwina, Shelly worries that the Queen will make her leave Trident City and move to Neptune Castle.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When you're a Buttman, the label "bully" comes with the territory, and Bernice lives up to her name. But life as a bully is lonely, and if there's one thing Bernice really wants (even more than becoming a Hollywood stuntwoman), it's a true friend. After her mom skedaddles and leaves her in a new town with her aunt (who is also a real live nun), Bernice decides to mend her ways and become a model citizen. If her plan works, she just might be able to...