Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
Uncles
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Author:Carmichael, ClaySummary: -
Author:Sutton, KelseySummary:For as long as she can remember, Alexandra Tate has been able to see personified Emotions, and she's found a best friend in Revenge. He's her constant companion as she waits outside Nate Foster's house, clutching a gun. Every night...
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Author:Pate, Alexs D.Summary:Edward and his family have escaped the heat and violence of inner-city Philadelphia every summer for the last 5 years. Staying at his Aunt Edna's house in West Rehoboth -- the black side of town -- Edward has the whole summer to have...
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Author:Murray, WillSummary:This is the first and only book for uncles and aunts who want to have a positive and lasting impact on their sibilings’ children. Uncle: The Definitive Guide for Becoming the World’s Greatest Aunt or Uncle celebrates the unique,...
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Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Selection. Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can't remember what he ate for lunch today, but he can remember every detail of...
- Author:Vigneault, Gilles, Jorisch, Stéphane, Hyndman, James, Cabrel, Francis, Moffatt, Ariane, Flynn, Pierre, Léon, Martin, Lapointe, Pierre, Montcalm, Térez, Vigneault, JessicaSummary:
Livre enrichi musical - Collection Je lis, je chante Conte et chansons Gilles Vigneault, illustrations Stéphane Jorisch, avec Ariane Moffatt, Pierre Lapointe, Francis Cabrel, Pierre Flynn, Martin Léon, Térez Montcalm et Jessica...
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Author:Lane, AmySummary:Since Hank Calder’s 4-year-old niece, Josie, came to live with him, his life has been plenty dramatic, thank you, and the last thing he needs is a swishy, flaming twinkie to complicate things. But when Justin, the daycare worker at his...
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Author:Stratton, AllanSummary:When her parents want to put Granny in a home, Zoe decides now is the time to break free. She smuggles Granny out and together they hit the tracks on a cross-country trip to find Zoe's long-lost uncle.
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Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:'I am going to be cremated. I want you to take my ashes out alone on the Frog, out to sea alone, and leave me there. Take me to where you can't see land and scatter my ashes there on the water '' 14-year-old David Alspeth is the owner...
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he...
- Author:Grossman, LevSummary:
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead uninteresting lives. That is, until their mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert surprises them with a colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow.
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Author:Klein, A. M.Summary: - Author:Snicket, LemonySummary:
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In the first two books alone, the three youngsters...
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Author:Rowe, BillSummary:Is there really a monster at Twenty Mile Pond?
Bill McGill, a lawyer living in St. John’s, has been asking himself this same question for more than twenty years, since the day he saw—or thought he saw—something large and...
- Author:Rowley, StevenSummary:
An NPR Book of the Year Finalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards. From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family...
- Author:James, MattSummary:
Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals...
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Author:Hobbs, WillSummary:As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs.
- Author:Kerr, PhilipSummary:
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary...
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Author:Brunt, Carol RifkaSummary:June Elbus' uncle is her best friend, the only person who understands her. When he dies, far too young, fourteen-year-old June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into June's life--someone who...
- Author:Villeneuve, Marie-PauleSummary:
À peine sorti d’une cure de désintoxi-cation et souffrant toujours d’un amour déçu, le jeune et brillant Nicolas, 20 ans, part à la conquête du bonheur. Admis à l’Université de Montréal, il quitte le Saguenay pour se retrouver en...
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