great-uncles

For the summer, Dipper and Mabel Pines continue their visit with their Great Uncle Stan in Gravity Falls, where weird things happen.

For the summer, Dipper and Mabel Pines visit their Great Uncle Stan in Gravity Falls, where weird things happen.

Twelve-year-old Nicholas and his ten-year-old, twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie investigate the truth about an accident involving their families many years before.

With the help of his great-uncle, a former preacher and vaudeville star, a young boy gains enough confidence to perform in the school talent show.

When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.

When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's sickly parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken in by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.

After many Saturday outings at the expense of Great Uncle Max, Amanda takes him for a surprise treat to what she calls the palace of stars.

Thirteen-year-old Eddie McCall is sent to live with his Uncle Peavey for a month after his mother catches him looking at Internet porn, and, although he is not prepared for his eccentric uncle, Eddie soon gains some surprising insight into his family and himself.

Twins Felix and Maisie, along with their Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne, are transported back in time to Coney Island where they meet a young Harry Houdini.

After her father leaves the family to marry another woman, Cassie decides that she does not want any men in her life--not even her best friend Bobby--until her great-uncle changes her mind.