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Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Quagmire Tiarello prides himself on not needing anything from anybody. Sure, his mom is skipping work again and showing signs of going into one of her full-out spins, but it's nothing he can't handle. He's used to her up-and-down moods, even if this time it feels a little different. Then his mom disappears, and Quag must find shelter with an uncle he didn't know he had. Should he come clean about his mother's mental health challenges? Or can he use...
9) The funeral
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby -- and to Uncle Jamie, too. This 2020 edition has all-new illustrations by Lucia Soto.
12) Pig Pig returns
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Pig Pig is concerned about travelling across the country with his aunt and uncle, but is even more worried when he returns.
14) The Golden Swift
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Bad Kitty's owners have left her and Puppy alone for a week with good ol' Uncle Murray as a pet sitter. How will he survive? Can he make it out alive? Find out in this hilarious companion to BAD KITTY GETS A BATH and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BAD KITTY!" --Back cover.
16) Birdie and me
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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"--
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1851, thirteen-year-old Cecilia has her eyes opened to the horrors of slavery when she accompanies her ornithologist uncle on an expedition in search of the rare "Scarlet Ibis," and watches as he shows slaves the way to the Underground Railroad.
18) Beetle boy
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After his father goes missing, Darkus moves in with his eccentric uncle and cousins and discovers that the beetles infesting their home are an intelligent super-species in danger of extermination at the hands of a mad scientist.
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