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  Gallagher Girls: Book 3

  Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

  by Ally Carter

  When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnappers' plot, with... (more)
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  Lipstick Apology

  by Jennifer Jabaley

  Sometimes a good-bye is just the beginning… When Emily Carson’s parents die in a plane crash, she’s left with nothing but her mother’s last words scrawled in lipstick on a tray table: “Emily, please forgive me.” Now it’s fall and Emily moves to New York City— where she attracts the attention of two very different boys: the cute, popular Owen, and her quirky chemistry partner, Anthony. With the help of some... (more)
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  Her Fearful Symmetry

  by Audrey Niffenegger

  Six years after the phenomenal success of The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger has returned with a spectacularly compelling and haunting second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London. When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin,... (more)
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  Spiderwick Chronicles: Book 3

  Lucinda's Secret

  by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

  Let the story of my niece and nephews be a warning. The more you know, the more danger you're in. And trust me, you don't want to meddle with the Little People.--L.S.
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  Surviving Aunt Marsha

  by Sofie Laguna

  Families are strong enough to survive a little separation-- aren't they? For Bettina, Vince, and Aidan it's a testing time. They have to find a way to survive Aunt Marsha for three weeks while their parents take a much-needed vacation. It won't be easy. Aunt Marsha wants the dog outside. NOW. And the comic books MUST go. And just to cheer them up, how about a nice big slice of kidney pie?! Aunt Marsha seems very... (more)
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  What the Witch Left

  by Ruth Chew

  A pair of gloves, a bathrobe, a mirror, and an old metal box--all items left behind by a witch--lead two friends on a fantastic journey. By the author of The Wednesday Witch. Reissue.
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  The Summer Trilogy: Book 1

  The Summer I Turned Pretty

  by Jenny Han

  Some summers are just destined to be pretty. Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer -- they... (more)
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  Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!

  by Kyle Mewburn

  Every time Auntie Elsie comes to visit she gives Andy two big sloppy kisses. Kiss! Kiss! on the left cheek. Kiss! Kiss! on the right cheek. Yuck! Yuck! Andy says to himself. Andy is a fast runner. But not fast enough to outrun Auntie Elsie. Andy is good at hiding. But Auntie Elsie always finds him. When he ducks down in a pig pen, she climbs right over the fence. When he climbs a tree, she follows right after... (more)
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  The Devil's Arithmetic

  by Jane Yolen

  Hannah thinks tonight’s Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await. She travels back to the Holocaust time period and meets her great aunt as a teenager.
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  Auntie Mame

  by Patrick Dennis

  Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway as well as a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world’s most... (more)
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  The Witch of Blackbird Pond

  by Elizabeth George Speare

  Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give... (more)
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  Keeping the Moon

  also published as "Last Chance"

  by Sarah Dessen

  Also published as Last Chance, Keeping the Moon is the story of fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself.
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  A House of Tailors

  by Patricia Reilly Giff

  SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the... (more)
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  Lolly Willowes

  or, The Loving Huntsman

  by Sylvia Townsend Warner

  In this delightful and witty novel, Laura Willowes rebels against pressure to be the perfect 'maiden aunt'. Not interested in men or the rushed life of London, Laura is forced to move there from her beloved countryside after the death of her father. Her relatives like dead things; they treasure stuffed animals and parade possible husbands ('suitable and likely undertakers', as Laura calls them) in front of Miss... (more)
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  Seven Kisses in a Row (Charlotte Zolotow Book)

  by Patricia MacLachlan

  It's not fair, Emma thinks, for her parents to go away (for five whole days) and leave her with an aunt and uncle she hardly knows. What if they don't like children? But Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Eliot like Emma and her brother, Zachary, just fine. They also like rules. Rules about: Eating. Sleeping. Cleaning up. Messing up. Emma doesn't believe in rules. Not unless they're hers: Eating no broccoli, dead or alive.... (more)
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  From Dream to Dream

  by Arlene Golds

  Wrenched from her home by some urge she cannot explain, Drew finds herself wandering lost through a nightmare landscape, pursued by two monstrous creatures whose forms waver between men and beasts. These creatures push her past the boundaries of her own world, into a new world in which she soon learns that her dreams have the power to change reality. Yet, despite the power she had gained, she cannot stay because... (more)
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  The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs

  by Betty G. Birney

  Life in Sassafras Springs has always been predictable, boring even, but one afternoon that changes when Eben McAllister's pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras that rival the real Seven Wonders of the World. The reward? An adventure that Eben's been craving -- a trip to Colorado. Even doesn't think he'll have any luck -- he can't think of one single thing that could be considered wondrous in... (more)
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  Perfect Girl

  by Mary Hogan

  Ruthie Bayer is stuck. Her mom is totally overprotective, her dad is nonexistent, and her best friends can't help her now when she needs them most: Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. Perry has suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang , and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it. Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie realizes she has to do something , and... (more)
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  Right Before Your Eyes

  by Ellen Shanman

  Outspoken playwright Liza Weiler left Yale with everything she thought she needed to make her mark on the New York stage. So why, nearly a decade later, is she still waiting for her “real” life to finally begin? But like any great drama, Liza’s life only needs one good twist. And that’s what happens when she turns her ankle on the way out of a downtown nightspot and falls into the arms of a suspiciously gallant... (more)
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  The Complete Book of Aunts

  by Rupert Christiansen

  Of all our blood relations, an aunt offers the most potential for uncomplicated friendship. The Complete Book of Aunts is an entertaining and touching exploration of aunts in all their guises and varieties, culled from real-life, literary and historical sources. Bewitching illustrations and anecdotes illuminate various aunt types: Bargain Aunts, Mothering Aunts, Damned Bad Aunts, and X-Rated Aunts. With stories... (more)