Growing Summer - AKA The Magic Summer Author:Noel Streatfeild Alex, Penny, Robin and Naomi Gareth live in London. When their father is taken ill overseas, Mother flies out to be with him. She arranges for the children to be looked after by their Great-Aunt Dymphna, who also looked after Father when he was a child. — Great-Aunt Dymphna has a large house in Ireland, and tells the children they can stay in the... more » west wing and look after themselves. The children find it very difficult at first, being quite inexperienced at cooking, shopping and washing. The situation is made worse when they discover a runaway boy hiding in their part of the house.
Originally published in the U.K. and titled "The Growing Summer", this was published in the U.S. as "The Magic Summer".« less