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Family Affair volume 4
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English
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Bill decides to send Cissy to a private girls' school in Connecticut, and even though she would prefer to attend high school locally, she reluctantly agrees to go, thinking Bill wants to get her out of the way.
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Family Affair volume 13
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English
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For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr. French. She starts following him and finds out what he does every Thursday.
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Family Affair volume 11
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English
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Restless, Bill takes a job in the Yutacan, but then starts to miss the family. It gets worse when he is led to believe, through miscommunication by phone, that Mr. French has the flu and Buffy and Jody are left to take care of him.
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Family Affair volume 3
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English
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When Bill returns from Africa bearing gifts, Cissy presents him with a hand-knitted tie. Buffy and Jody also want to give Bill a gift, and end up purchasing a horse for him from a retiring carriage driver.
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Family Affair volume 12
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English
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Jody doesn't think Bill loves him because he won't punish him, so Jody looks for ways to get in trouble, but his plans backfire.
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Family Affair volume 14
Language
English
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Cissy develops an infatuation with her school teacher who teaches philosophy and spouts big ideals that everyone should follow. Bill finds a way to show that the teacher is just a regular man with faults.
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Family Affair volume 1
Language
English
Description
Bill Davis is ambivalent about taking on the responsibility of raising his niece Buffy after the death of his brother. After suggesting she attend boarding school in Switzerland, she runs away. Giles French, the Davis butler, brings her back.
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Family Affair volume 10
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English
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Cissy thinks Bill is planning to get married to an old friend, but when her new friend tells her how her stepmothers sent her away, Cissy then suspects that the woman will send her and Buffy and Jody away.
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Family Affair volume 5
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English
Description
An acquaintance of Bill's hires Mr. French to appear in an ad for marmalade that her advertising company is promoting.
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Family Affair volume 8
Language
English
Description
The owner of a Middle East Delicacies store, upon learning Mr. French is unmarried and knowing he is wealthy, introduces him to his cousin, Nural Shpeni, who he and her brothers want Nural to marry.
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Family Affair volume 2
Language
English
Description
Jody, Buffy's twin brother, and Cissy arrive while Bill is away. When he returns, he must make a decision as to what to do that would be best for the children.
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Family Affair volume 9
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English
Description
The vice principal and a child psychologist are concerned that Buffy and Jody only spend time with each other instead of playing with the other children, and state that it would be better for them to spend less time together.
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Family Affair volume 6
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English
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When Bill gets Cissy her own phone and arranges for an interior decorator to redo Cissy's and Buffy's bedroom, Buffy becomes withdrawn as the changes appear to separate the room and, as a result, she fears Cissy is separating from her.
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Family Affair volume 7
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English
Description
Buffy leaves Mrs. Beasley with Mr. French, who accidentally knocks the doll off the terrace. When Bill learns from Cissy the importance of Mrs. Beasley to Buffy, he goes on an earnest search to find the doll.
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Family Affair volume 23
Language
English
Description
Buffy & Jody's new friend at school has them doing things differently. When Marilyn visits, Bill and French learn she speaks only Mandarin, and the kids communicate through child-speak. French tries his rusty Mandarin and insults her.
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Family Affair volume 17
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English
Description
Due to a miscommunication of who would watch Buffy and Jody, the twins find themselves all alone in New York City.
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Family Affair volume 30
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English
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A friend of Bill's is an actor who wants to shadow Mr. French in preparation for a movie role. Meanwhile, Cissy has trouble finding someone to ask to the Girls Tag Day Dance.
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Family Affair volume 22
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English
Description
Buffy gets upset when she does not get the role of The Big Bad Wolf in her ballet recital.
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Family Affair volume 16
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English
Description
Cissy's school is having a mother / daughter dinner. This makes Cissy miss her mother more.
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Family Affair volume 19
Language
English
Description
Jody & Buffy are excited to be moved to Upper First Grade at school, but it means more homework. They do not know how to do the math problems nor read some of the new books. Bill is spending more time dating than helping the twins.
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