great-aunts

Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, T?a Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.

During the summer of 1932 when Lily is twelve years old, she is granted her two greatest wishes, to be far from the sister who torments her and to have a horse of her own, but she does not expect either the tragic events that bring this about or their consequences.

Simon's nice manners are challenged by a visit to his unconventional great-aunt, and Simon's unruly classmates look at learning differently after his great-aunt serves as their substitute teacher.

Twelve-year-old Parker reluctantly goes to spend the summer with his eccentric great-aunt and great-uncle on their dilapidated farm, where he discovers that there is more to life than the latest game system and the coolest cell phone.

While helping take care of his great-aunt's rose bush, young Douglas learns about family members who have done the same, starting with his great-great-grandfather, and comes to see how each is still part of that bush.

Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.

Billy is forced to face his Great-Aunt Tilley when his family picks her up at Shady Acres and brings her home, and when a mysterious villain unleashes the destructive monster Zis-Boom-Bah in Monstros City, the military threatens to use a secret device that could devastate half the town.

When George turns Great-aunt Agatha into a dragon by shouting an ugly magic word, the twosome visits Wordsworth to exchange the word for one which will reverse the spell.

With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's ninetieth birthday.

When Great-Aunt Octavia's visit banishes his dog Lucky from the house, George tries to get him reinstated in time for Christmas.