Extended Family in Teen Fiction

The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher

• Thea spends the summer with family on the Jersey shore.

The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane by Polly Horvath

• Meline and Jocelyn secretly try to build an airplane, but the other people on their island have secrets too.

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

• Colie spends the summer with her eccentric aunt.

Zigzag by Ellen Wittlinger

• Robin spends her summer vacation on a road trip with her aunt and cousins.

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin

• Spending the summer with relatives in Hawaii seems like a good idea, but things are a little strange.

I am not Esther by Fleur Beale

• Kirby is stuck with her strictly religious relatives when her mom skips town.
   

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

• As a punishment, Pattyn is sent to stay with her aunt.  

Love Me Tender by Audrey Couloumbis

• Elvira goes with her mom and her sister to meet the grandmother she's never known.

I'm Exploding Now by Sid Hite

• Max travels to upstate NY to stay with his Aunt Ginny for a while.

The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante

• Agnes leave the religious commune where she grew up and meets the aunt she's never met.