Polly Horvath
4) The vacation
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip, allowing him to gain insight into his family and himself.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid. Includes recipes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.
8) The trolls
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Franny Whitekraft lives quietly with her adopted parents on a farm on Vancouver Island until the spring of 1945 when the three Madden children move in, UFOs and ghosts appear, an important military airplane disappears, and wishes made in Old Tom's forbidden night garden will hopefully get everyone out of trouble.
12) Very rich
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rupert, from a very large, very poor family, accidently becomes part of an eccentric rich family's life beginning at Christmas, and soon sees that wealth is not everything.
13) Pine Island home
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Orphaned and alone, the four McCready sisters, aged eight to fourteen, move to a house off the coast of British Columbia left them by their great aunt, and get by with the help of neighbors.
18) Not a smiley guy
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ernest's parents are worried because he never really smiles, but Ernest assures them that he is happy--he is just not the kind of guy who smiles.
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