The village by the sea

by Paula Fox

First published 1988 · 147 pages

About this book

When Emma's father goes to the hospital for surgery, she is sent to stay with Aunt Bea the "terror" and kindly Uncle Crispin. Emma wonders how she will survive two weeks with the always hostile Aunt Bea.

  • Aunts
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Beaches
  • Fiction
  • Ten-year-old girls
  • Children of sick persons
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Children's fiction

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