During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.

When her eccentric Auntie Claus leaves for her annual business trip, Sophie stows away in her luggage, travels with her to the North Pole, and discovers that her aunt is really Santa's sister and helper.

When Chris expresses doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, his older sister Sophie reveals that their aunt is really Santa's sister and helper and then sends him on a strange journey.

When his Aunt Zelda cannot remember where she put his gift from Grandpa Eldo, Elmer helps her solve the mystery of the forgotten gift with love, patience and respect, in this heartwarming depiction of family life with elderly relatives.

"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father" --

After his mother's death, eleven-year-old Marcus is sent to live on a small South Carolina island with his great aunt, a reclusive painter with a haunted past. Aunt Charlotte, otherwise a woman of few words, points out a ruined cottage, telling Marcus she had visited it regularly after she'd moved there thirty years ago because it matched the ruin of her own life. Eventually she was inspired to take up painting so she could capture its utter desolation.The...

Esta novela "cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso m?gica t?a Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pa?uelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor para las fiestas, caf?, hierbabuena, or?gano, an?s, hojas de guan?bana, aj?es--su alegr?a invade la casa y--poco a poco--a todo el pueblo. Un relato rico,...

When her parents decide that she needs to act more like a lady, eleven-year-old Elizabeth is sent to live with an aunt in San Francisco where she must survive an earthquake and a fire.

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.