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1) Pollyanna
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In early twentieth-century Vermont, orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, and uses her philosophy of gladness to bring happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 10
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
After making her girlhood dreams of world travel and living by the sea come true, a retired librarian follows her grandfather's old advice of doing something to make the world more beautiful, and then passes that wisdom on to her grandniece.
Author
Series
Publisher
AmericanGirl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mam©Ł, especially as Christmas approaches.
10) Summer bird blue
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After her sister and songwriting partner, Lea, dies in an automobile accident, seventeen-year-old Rumi is sent to Hawaii with an aunt she barely knows while she and her mother grieve separately.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Josefina discovers that she has a gift for healing when she tends an orphaned baby goat, finds the courage and creativity to mend her family's broken trust in an americano trader, and seeks to keep her family whole and happy when Tía Dolores plans to leave.
13) Circus Mirandus
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes has a real best friend for the first time ever, but agonizes over whether or not to tell her a secret she has never shared with anyone--that her mother has been in prison since Ruby was five--and over whether to express her anger to her mother.
19) The magic locket
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
A girl who cannot do anything right is discouraged, until her favorite great-aunt gives her a "magic" locket that gives her self-confidence.
20) Aquicorn Cove
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a big storm, Lana remembers how much she's missed the ocean--and the strong, reassuring presence of her aunt. As Lana explores the familiar beach, she discovers something incredible: a colony of Aquicorns, small magical seahorse-like creatures that live in the coral reef. Lana rescues an injured Aquicorn and cares for it with the help of her aunt, who may know more...
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