Curse of the phoenix by Carter, Aimee 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 195181 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction Family Life Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Mythical animals - Fiction Adventure fiction Blessing and cursing - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Twins - Fiction Great-aunts - Fiction England - Fiction

Summary: Sent to England for a summer with relatives, twins Zac and Lu learn that their recently-deceased mother's tales of mythical creatures are true, and they must find a phoenix to break a curse.

Lucy the good by Musgrove, Marianne 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2010)

BTSB #: 665692 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 3.9 LG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 570

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Human behavior - Fiction Self-perception - Fiction Great-aunts - Fiction School stories Dutch - Australia - Fiction

Summary: When Lucy's great-aunt Bep comes from Holland to Adelaide, Australia, to visit, she is shocked by some of Lucy's behavior.

Mechanical mind of John Coggin by Teele, Elinor 

BTSB Prebound(Walden Pond Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 874430 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG

Genres: Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Great-aunts - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Circus - Fiction Family-owned business enterprises - Fiction Engineering - Fiction

Summary: When Great Aunt Beauregard announces her intentions to bring budding engineer John into the family business of coffin manufacturing for the rest of his natural life--and, worse, to teach his sister Page to embalm--John decides enough is enough, and the two of them head out on the lam, maybe joining the circus.

Perfect place by Harris, Teresa E. 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2014)

BTSB #: 421638 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 680

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Home - Fiction Family life - Virginia - Fiction Great-aunts - Fiction Segregation - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Moving - Fiction Virginia - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Treasure Daniels and her younger sister must move in with Great-aunt Grace until their mother sorts herself out, but life in Black Lake, Virginia, where segregation lingers, is hard and Grace is a nightmare--at least on the surface.