aunts

On her thirteenth birthday, Amanda Black receives a letter saying she's inherited a mansion and that her family isn't what they seem. When she begins to manifest unexplained powers, Amanda begins training to control them and use them to protect her family's legacy.

"When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years...a story that Paloma shares in, because her story, too, starts in Africa. Join Tante and her inquisitive niece as they share the story of how her family came to the Caribbean, through the dark days of colonization and enslavement, to the emergence of a thriving, contemporary community of many faces, places, and successes"-- Provided by publisher.

"A young girl hears stories from her aunties and then begins to imagine all the possibilities for her future"--Provided by publisher.

Asiya loves to visit Nanu's house and rummage through her katha chest filled with quilts that tell stories about the bold and brave women in Asiya's family.

Since her divorced parents could not agree on who gets her for summer vacation this year, Waverly Lyons finds her plans of exploring beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska, being replaced by a trip to muggy, too-hot Holden, Florida, to stay with her aunt. Her inability to swim makes the ocean unappealing, until she meets the super-hot boy-next-door Blake, whose friend-group welcomes her in. For the first time in her life, Waverly has friends and a love interest, but the days of summer are counting down.

William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.

On his deathbead King Tyran divides his land between his twin children, first-born Ursula, a werebear, and Albrecht; but Albrecht wants it all and makes war on his sister, killing her people and the werebeasts she rules, becoming a tyrant to his own kingdom--but their family history is far more complicated and mysterious than he knows, and Ursula has powerful allies in the living forest that surrounds their lands, including her aunt Esme who has been in hiding for years.

"A Jewish-Cuban story about a girl helping her Tia move to a new home"--.

Twins Arthur and Maudie set sail in their sky-ship to find noted explorer and author Ermitage Wrigglesworth, but their newly-discovered aunt, Eurora Vane, is also seeking him--and a secret he had just uncovered.

Elmer visits his elderly Aunt Zelda who is hard-of-hearing.