uncles

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uncles

Home before dark

1993
When Sara moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Ohio to live with her aunt and uncle, she is stalked by a killer.

Jekyll and Heidi

1999
Heidi, orphaned when her parents are killed in a car accident, discovers that her Uncle Jekyll is half human and half beast.

The cardturner

2010
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.

Drift House

the first voyage
2006
Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids, pirates, and an attempt to stop time forever.

The lost cities

a Drift House voyage
2007
Siblings Susan and Charles receive a mysterious book before leaving to visit their Uncle Farley at his time-traveling house, where they become separated in the Sea of Time and struggle to find their way home.

Bedtime stories

2009
A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew starts to magically come true.

The 13 clocks

2007
With the help of his magical protector, Golux, Prince Zorna performs impossible tasks to win the hand of Princess Saralina.

A corner of the universe

2002
The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.

Uncle Jed's barbershop

1998
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only African-American barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop.

Henry and Mudge and the tall tree house

the twenty-first book of their adventures
2002
Henry is excited when his Uncle Jake builds him a tree house but worries that his dog Mudge will not be able to enjoy it with him.

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