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Zenobia July / by Bunker, Lisa.;
Zenobia July, an excellent coder and hacker, investigates a mystery while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and presenting her true gender for the first time.Ages 10 up.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Transgender people; Aunts; Lesbians; Identity (Psychology); Friendship; Hacking; Moving, Household;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Far away / by Graff, Lisa(Lisa Colleen),1981-;
Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium, but when CJ finds out that her mother is actually alive, she goes on a journey to find her.LSC
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Aunts; Mediums; Spirits; Emotions in children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The summer getaway / by Mallery, Susan,author.;
"One woman takes the vacation of a lifetime in this poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold a family together ... Single mom Robyn Caldwell needs a new plan for her future. She has always put her family first. Now, with her kids grown, she yearns for a change. But what can she do when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son won't even consider college, her best friend is on the brink of marital disaster and her ex is making a monumentally bad decision that could ruin everything? Take a vacation, of course. Press reset. When her great-aunt Lillian invites her to Santa Barbara for the summer, Robyn hops on the first plane to sunny California. But it's hard to get away when you're the heart of the family. One by one, everyone she loves follows her across the country. Somehow, their baggage doesn't feel as heavy in the sun-drenched, mishmash mansion. The more time Robyn spends with free-spirited Lillian, the more possibilities she sees--for dreams, love, family. She can have everything she ever wanted, if only she can muster the courage to take a chance on herself"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Recipes.; Families; Great-aunts; Self-realization in women; Single mothers; Vacations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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The Morningside : a novel / by Obreht, Téa,author.;
"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland in the Old World, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's new home. As Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities, she becomes obsessed with the mysterious woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside, with three massive Rottweilers who may or may not be more than they appear. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past, will transform her own life in the most unexpected of ways"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Aunts; Belonging (Social psychology); Family secrets; High-rise apartment buildings; Magic; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Morningside [sound recording] : a novel / by Obreht, Téa,author.; Brentan, Carlotta,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Carlotta Brentan."When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland in the Old World, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's new home. As Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities, she becomes obsessed with the mysterious woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside, with three massive Rottweilers who may or may not be more than they appear. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past, will transform her own life in the most unexpected of ways"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Dystopian fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Aunts; Belonging (Social psychology); Family secrets; High-rise apartment buildings; Magic; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Venice sketchbook : a novel / by Bowen, Rhys,author.;
Inheriting her beloved great-aunt's sketchbook, a recently divorced woman uncovers mysteries about her great-aunt's star-crossed romance with a nobleman in World War II Venice.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Divorced women; Great-aunts; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tía Fortuna's new home / by Behar, Ruth,1956-author.; Holzwarth, Devon,illustrator.;
Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.
Subjects: Congregate housing; Moving, Household; Cuban Americans; Jews; Aunts; Sephardim;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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You can't eat your chicken pox, Amber Brown / by Danziger, Paula,1944-2004.; Ross, Tony.;
At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.LSC
Subjects: Brown, Amber (Fictitious character); Divorce; Aunts; Chickenpox; Voyages and travels;
© 2006, c1995., Puffin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mystery ranch / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Gringhuis, Dirk,1918-1974.;
When the Aldens go to stay with their Aunt Jane they help to improve her relations with their grandfather and discover that her ranch is rich in uranium.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Brothers and sisters; Orphans; Ranches; Aunts; Uranium mines and mining;
© c1986., Albert Whitman,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paddington in Peru : Paddington's jungle quest / by Gerlings, Rebecca.; Bond, Michael.;
"Join Paddington as he returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Paddington Bear (Fictitious character); Bears; Families; Aunts; Rain forests;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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