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Author
Series
Sherring Cross series volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exchanging a passionate gaze with Melissa MacGregor in the wilds of Scotland, Lincoln Ross Burnett knows he will never be complete until Melissa is his bride. But serious obstacles impede Lincoln: all 16 of Melissa's disapproving uncles.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In the spirit of The Bartender's Tale, a lively and poignant coming-of-age story about a boy and his great-uncle on a cross-country odyssey. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for "female trouble" in the summer of 1951, all she...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer"--
Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. He loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, When Maisie and Grant lose their mother and...
5) The gardener
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 21
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry is excited when his Uncle Jake builds him a tree house but worries that his dog Mudge will not be able to enjoy it with him.
7) Uncle Buck
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Uncle Buck is an idle, good-natured bachelor who's left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis.
Author
Series
Clarice Bean (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While on a camping trip with Uncle Louie, two young mice named Angelina and Henry become lost in the woods until the "fit and fearless" Angelina saves the day. This newest title in the Angelina Ballerina series begins as Angelina and Henry leave to go camping with Uncle Louie. They love exploring the Big Cat Mountains, but when they wander too far from camp, their fun turns to fear. Full-color illustrations.
11) How to go hiking
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"New hiking boots call for a hiking adventure! Pack your backpack with snacks, water, and a map, and join an uncle and his nephew as they head out for their trip, but this time, the kids lead the way!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Guncle volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Patrick O'Hara is back. It's been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant's caretaker after their mother's passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by, and relaunch his dormant acting career. After the run of his second successful sit-com comes to a close, Patrick feels on top of the world... professionally. Some things have had to take a back seat. Looking...
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kitty's owners are taking a week off and leaving Kitty and Puppy at home with Uncle Murray. It isn't long before Uncle Murray is driven to near madness by shenanigans of epic proportions.
Author
Series
Mickey Bolitar novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that reveals she is not what she seems to be.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
Author
Series
Eddie Dickens trilogy volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
18) Werewolf rising
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Just before his thirteenth birthday, an uncle he never knew takes Luc deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, where he learns that he is a werewolf whose pack is in danger from fanatics who are following his trail.
19) Starter villain
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 1
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
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