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.

In early twentieth-century Vermont, orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, and uses her philosophy of gladness to bring happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

Six-year-old Junie B. is disappointed to find out that her aunt has asked someone else to be the flower girl at her wedding.

With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.

"Emily Starr is certain of two things--that she will be a great writer and that she and Teddy Kent are destined to be together. School is over, and one by one her friends leave to follow their dreams, including Teddy, who goes to art school in Montreal. Emily chooses to stay at New Moon, and though she misses her friends, she knows the path of a writer is a solitary one. With each visit home Emily's friends seem more distant, especially Teddy. Desolate,...

During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement, and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.

"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." -- Provided by publisher.

This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met. In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only...

How can Cal find out more about Piers Ormond's will if he is stuck on a fishing boat after becoming indebted to the captain. If he can find his great-aunt Millicent he may have a better chance of finding the will. But should he expose another relative to danger?

When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.