great-aunts

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great-aunts

Sophy and Auntie Pearl

1995
When she can not get her parents to pay any attention, Sophy shares her new-found ability to fly with her great aunt.

The riddle of Penncroft Farm

2001
Twelve-year-old Lars Olafson's move to his great-aunt's farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, brings him friendship with the ghost of an eighteenth-century ancestor who recounts his adventures during the American Revolution, helping Lars adjust to his new home and playing a part in the search for a missing will.

Dangerous ground

1989
While taking one last driving tour of Wyoming before moving out of state, eleven-year-old Angela accompanies her beloved seventy-eight-year-old great-aunt Hil to Yellowstone National Park, where Hil's strange behavior suggests she may be losing her sanity.

Ombria in shadow

2002
After Ombria's prince, Royce Greve, dies, he leaves his young son at the mercy of his ancient great-aunt, a woman who has plotted her rise to power in Ombria for far too many years to allow a little boy to stand in her way.

Aunt Maria

1991
While visiting and caring for Great-Aunt Maria, Mig and Chris discover that their "helpless" relative has frightening powers.

James in the house of Aunt Prudence

1993
While visiting his great-aunt, a young boy spends the afternoon being chased through the house by an assortment of creatures led by the Mouse King.

Aunt Morbelia and the screaming skulls

1992
The peaceful life of a boy with dyslexia is interrupted when his great-aunt, who has a morbid fascination with ghosts and death omens, moves in.

Heron Cove

2005
Feeling somewhat abandoned by her mother, twelve-year-old Sage is sent to spend the summer at the Maine home of her great-aunts, where she learns about and begins to identify with her family's history.

Men of stone

2000
Ben is having problems making sense of his life and fitting in at his high school, but when his Great-Aunt Frieda comes to visit, her stories about her childhood in Russia help Ben discover who he is and who he wants to be.

Som See and the magic elephant

1994
Som See helps her great-aunt prepare for death by finding her a good luck charm from her past.

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