4.49 avg rating — 76 ratings

"Sally gets her family together for the first time in six years.
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3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings

"Cherry and her brothers leave their aunt's home when she is hospitalised. They set up housekeeping in a cave."

4.15 avg rating — 208,908 ratings

"Pippi is nine years old and lives alone."

4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings

"Sisters and their cousin accidentally find themselves living alone at their aunt's house."

3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings

"When Mother goes to university to find herself, young Jennifer gets landed with much of the housekeeping."

4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings

"Haven't read it myself, but it was recommended to this list by a friend."

4.28 avg rating — 444,425 ratings

"Seventeen-year-old Sophie leaves home when she is aged by a spell. She sets up housekeeping for Wizard Howl."

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings

"The Mitchell children are left to run their farm under an elder cousin's supervision. When he is delayed, they manage alone.
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings

"This is a rare case of BOYS as junior housekeepers. Technically, they're camping on an island, but the "make do", "division of jobs" works out the same.
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4.11 avg rating — 403 ratings