When Willie's Uncle Bill comes to babysit, they have excellent adventures making icky stew, getting a haircut at Hair by Pierre, and jamming with a band.
When seventeen-year-old Jeremy's mother dies, he appears on the doorstep of his long-lost Uncle Aiden who has suffered a mining accident and together the two rediscover the meaning of family and forgiveness.
Thirteen-year-old Delrita, whose unhappy life has caused her to hide from the world, loves her uncle Punky but sometimes feels ashamed of his behavior because he has Down's syndrome.
Beck, Kate, and Wyatt thought they had finished hatching dragons from stones but when they are proved wrong, Beck must decide if acting on the inherited Pillage family traits will gain him what he really wants.
Uncle Jed, the only black barber in the county, overcomes many setbacks including the Great Depression of the 1930's as he works to save enough money to open his own barbershop.
Zoe's favorite uncle Leonard takes her to a planetarium and explains that if he dies he will be like the stars, too far away to touch, close enough to see.
In 1937, when LaMarr's glamorous mother is lost in a plane crash and she goes to live with her aunt and uncle, it takes the thirteen-year-old some time to reconcile herself to the idea that her mother has not gone to Hollywood to become a movie star.
An interactive adventure book that follows the attempts of Jodie and Johnny to find a safe passage through the haunted castle of Grizzlemyst in search of their Uncle Barnaby.
