On this year's visit to his great-aunts' farm, a young boy enjoys all that is involved in making plum jam--even the adventure of getting the plums from Farmer Wilson's tree.
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.
When thirteen-year-old Connie spends two weeks with her eccentric and extremely wealthy great-aunt in Manhattan, a mystery is revealed that provides answers to some of the family's peculiarities.
Eleven-year-old Simon has been raised to be extremely well-behaved, but when he goes to visit his unconventional great-aunt he discovers that not everyone has the same ideas about good manners.
A young girl enjoys looking at the family treasures with her grandmother and hearing about the adventures of a great-aunt she has never known, especially about when Aunt Emmadelle learned to dance the flamenco in Spain.
Eldest daughter in an unusual family, Evvie goes to spend the summer with a bedridden great-aunt, whose plutocratic and acerbic views affect her relationship with two boys she meets--one divinely handsome, the other possessing a dark mystery.