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"Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even worse, when my grandfather found out, he sent me off to Moldy Manor. There, miserly Uncle Stingysnout would teach me to be better at saving. How terrible! Could I learn to be less wasteful without going crazy?" --
82) Troll Fell
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Forced to live with his evil identical-twin uncles after his father's death, twelve-year-old Peer tries to find a way to stop their plan to sell the neighbor's children to the trolls.
84) Chachaji's cup
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A boy learns about his family history and the Partition of India from his great uncle, through stories told over a beloved old teacup.
88) If the shoe fits
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After being teased about his brand new loafers, Rigo puts them away for so long he grows out of them.
90) Oy, feh, so?
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"Every Sunday Aunt Essy, Aunt Chanah and Uncle Sam drive up in the old Lincol 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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The art of Auntieology and Uncleology is a sacred craft, but ten-year-old Leo has an Uncle Mo--a clueless stationery supply salesman with good intentions--who just doesn't get it. Yet. The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles is a madcap, magical adventure into the heart of what it means to have an aunt or uncle--how we learn to keep each other close and how we find love in the simplest things.
93) Werewolf rising
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Just before his thirteenth birthday, an uncle he never knew takes Luc deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, where he learns that he is a werewolf whose pack is in danger from fanatics who are following his trail.
94) El miedo de Iván
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As he is afraid of everything, Ivan doubts he will ever have great adventures as he dreams, but when his uncle shares something he learned during his own travels, Ivan just may discover his courage.
"El miedo de Iván es un viaje al interior de nuestro corazón que nos proporcionara el animo y el coraje para enfrentarnos a cualquier obstáculo que se presente en nuestro camino."--Back cover.
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When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
100) A bitter magic
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When twelve-year-old Cisley's mother, who controls real magic, disappears during a magic act, Cisley is left with her cold, distant uncle and a great mystery which will only be solved if she can summon her own magic.