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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Ari knows a lot of words for neighbors, including the pronouns each prefers, and with help from Uncle Lior, who always asks "What are your words," figures out which pronouns -- and other words -- fit best today.
3) Sky's end
Author
Series
Above the black volume 1
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades"--
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 21
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
10) Cryptid hunters
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters volume 1
Physical Desc
348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents.
Series
Physical Desc
114 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Your only living relative, Uncle Morgan, vanishes, leaving behind a single clue: a jewelled dagger stabbed through the carpet of his study, coated in dripping blood. Your uncle's secrets make you suspicious. Could he be a spy, a jewel thief or something else?
Author
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
14) Fort
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Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A middle-grade summer adventure about two boys who build an awesome fort and tangle with two older bullies."--
15) Birdie and me
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Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--
16) Storm horse
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
His mother left three years ago, so when twelve-year-old Flip's thieving father dies he goes to live with his stern and hostile uncle on the remote Dutch island of Mossum; there he works on the farm, dreams of his mother coming to get him, deals with the local bullies, and his only "friend' is a strange, mute girl whom he thinks of as the ghost girl -- until he rescues a horse from the stormy sea and discovers a new purpose in caring for his charge....
Author
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
19) Oy, feh, so?
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every Sunday Aunt Essy, Aunt Chanah and Uncle Sam drive up in the old Lincoln 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.
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