great-aunts

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great-aunts

Lucinda's secret

2008
Goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all try to get them, so the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.

Making plum jam

2005
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.

Prince of Air

2012
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.

Dancing with Great-aunt Cornelia

a novel
1997
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.

No more nice

1998
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.

Emily the Strange

Dark Times
2012
Traveling in her homemade Time-Out Machine, Emily journeys to the eighteenth century to uncover the truth behind a Strange family rumor.

The story dance

1997
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.

El mapa perdido

2004
With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.

Hope

1998
During a visit with her great-aunt, a young girl learns the story behind her name and learns to feel proud of her biracial heritage.

Evvie at sixteen

1988
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.

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