Extended Families

The Vacation (Unabridged)

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When his mother decides on a whim to be a missionary in Africa and drags his unwilling father with her, Henry is left in the care of his Aunts Magnolia and Pigg. Henry's sure they dislike him and he's trying to keep his distance, but that becomes more difficult when Mag decides they should take a destination-less road trip.

Author: 
Polly Horvath
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Lexile: 
1040L
Length: 
04:43
The Vacation (Unabridged)

George's Marvelous Medicine (Unabridged)

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A taste of her own medicine. George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into it.

Author: 
Roald Dahl
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Lexile: 
640L
Length: 
01:18
George's Marvelous Medicine (Unabridged)

A Year Down Yonder (Unabridged)

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Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel return for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud adventures when 15-year-old Mary Alice moves in with her spicy grandmother for the year. Her extended visit is filled with moonlit schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade of fools made to suffer in unusual (and always hilarious) ways.

Author: 
Richard Peck
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Lexile: 
610L
Length: 
03:25
A Year Down Yonder (Unabridged)

Walk Two Moons (Unabridged)

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"How about a story? Spin us a yarn."
Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind.
"I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"
And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.

Author: 
Sharon Creech
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
05:28
Walk Two Moons (Unabridged)

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