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After their mother dies of typhoid, Verna and her younger sister Carlie move with their father, a psychiatrist, and stern Aunt Maude to an asylum for the mentally ill in early-twentieth-century Michigan, where new ideas in the treatment of mental illness are being proposed, but old prejudices still hold sway.
7) Smelly Bill
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Bill the dog manages to avoid being bathed until he goes to stay with Great Aunt Bleach, who loves to clean.
10) Special gifts
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Nine-year-old cousins Rosie, Lily, and Tess spend their winter vacation learning to sew with their neighbor Mrs. White and preparing for a special winter solstice dinner with Aunt Lucy and her boyfriend Michael.
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Bronte is ten years old when she receives a letter saying that her long-absent parents have been killed by pirates, and the lawyers tell her that their will (reinforced with serious magic) requires her to deliver gifts to her ten other aunts (not Aunt Isabelle, whom she lives with), and to start the trip immediately and alone--but as she travels the kingdoms, she begins to suspect that there is more to this journey than delivering treasures, and that...
12) The trolls
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Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris, and each night, the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspicious family history.
15) Dog days
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Gavin is a new kid at Carver Elementary, where the kids do not know how good he is at skateboarding and soccer. Before he has a chance to prove his coolness, Gavin gets in trouble with his great-aunt Myrtle. As punishment he is made to take care of her Pomeranian dog, Carlotta, pretty much ensuring that he will never be seen as cool.
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Living with her Great-aunt Louise on the shores of Cape Cod, Stella finds that Louise likes routine just as much as she does. Stella's mother lacks reliability, so she is off finding herself while Stella hopes she will be able to settle back at Cape Cod. The only hitch in a perfect life so far is Angel, Louise's less-than-angelic foster kid. When Stella and Angel are forced into a situation where Louise cannot help them, they find that they have come...
17) Wedding flowers
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Ten-year-old cousins Lily, Rosie, and Tess return to their aunt's house on Cobble Street to help her plan the perfect wedding.
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Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year.