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987. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
4) Crazy Fish
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A friendless girl, teased mercilessly at school because her uncle manages the town dump, finds a friend in Mrs. Fish, the school custodian, and gradually life becomes more bearable.
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When Sarah is forced out of her home penniless, she has to move in with her funeral director uncle. But strange things start to happen and she is caught in a world between the living d the dead, and the horrors around her may be more than just paranormal. Now, to escape death in this life, Sarah must embrace what she fears most, the entities from beyond the grave who are haunting her.
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When Uncle John forbids Mandie from joining his quest to keep an old promise, Jason Bond and Mandie's newfound mother, Elizabeth, make other plans. Mandie and friends then embark on a harrowing journey by train to protect Uncle John.
In the second installment of the acclaimed Mandie series, Mandie (Lexi Johnson, Sugar Creek Gang, Mandie and the Secret Tunnel) is forbidden by her Uncle John (Terrell Anthony, "Guiding Light," Mandie and the Secret...
7) Sleepwalking
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A young girl tries to cope with her mother's abandonment as she develops a bond with her uncle who struggles to heal the wounds of his dysfunctional family.
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After thirteen-year-old Tucker Feye's parents disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved, and when he steps inside of one he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by ghostlike figures.
11) Slime Lake
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Marc and his twin sister, Terri, are spending the summer at their uncle's lake house, as usual. But this summer is different, thanks to crowds and green slime popping up everywhere. When Terri goes for a swim and doesn't return, Marc wonders what exactly is lurking under the water.
15) Marc's mission
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Marc hopes that his Uncle Jake can help him turn around his terrible summer, which he has to spend at camp with Nathan James, who is mean and annoying, while longing for a fancy new bike his parents will not buy him.
19) Starter villain
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"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
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