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601) Snazzy aunties
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English
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A little boy describes, in rhymed text, what his seven aunts wore when they came to visit him for the day.
603) Making plum jam
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English
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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.
608) Artrageous
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English
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When Aunt Stella takes Luke and Sophie to search for artist's treasure, they explore ways of seeing, try various materials and different ways of creating.
609) Moonpie and Ivy
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English
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Twelve-year-old Pearl feels hurt, confused, and unwanted when her wild, irresponsible mother leaves her with Aunt Ivy in a little country house in Georgia and then disappears.
610) H, my name is Henley
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English
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Twelve-year-old Henley dreams of finding with her Aunt Mercy the sense of home and belonging she has missed in her life of wandering with her restless mother Patti.
611) Fashion Academy
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Series
Fashion Academy volume 1
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English
Description
MacKenzie has dreamed of becoming a fashion designer all her life, and when she wins a scholarship for middle school at the Fashion Academy of Brooklyn she shines, but her unique style keeps her from fitting in until classmate JC gives her a makeover, hiding her natural-born talents.
612) Oy, feh, so?
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English
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"Every Sunday Aunt Essy, Aunt Chanah and Uncle Sam drive up in the old Lincol for their afternoon visit and plop themselves down in the living room. 'Oy,' says Aunt Essy. 'Feh,' says Aunt Chanah. 'So?' says Uncle Sam. That's all they ever say, every Sunday! But one afternoon the three children in the family decide they've had enough..." -- Jacket flap.
613) Tending to Grace
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English
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When Cornelia's mother runs off with a boyfriend, leaving her with an eccentric aunt, Cornelia must finally confront the truth about herself and her mother.
616) The gathering room
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English
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After Aunt Ernestus comes to visit, a family living in seclusion as caretakers for a cemetery find the time has come to rejoin the mainstream of society.
619) 48 shades of brown
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English
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While his parents are in Geneva, sixteen-year-old Dan spends his last year of high school living with his twenty-two-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her beautiful friend Naomi, whose active lovelife is audible through the wall between their bedrooms.