Pages tagged with « orphans »
Bran Hambric
by Kaleb Nation
Ages 9 - 12
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In a bustling metropolis where magic is outlawed, a six-year-old child is found inside a locked bank vault. A scrap of paper reveals his name: Bran Hambric. The child remembers nothing of his life and only magic could have done this.
The unfinished angel
by Sharon Creech
Ages 9-12
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In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.
Carolina Harmony
by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Ages 9 - 12
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Tragedy happens and we wonder if life will ever get back to normal. For Carolina it takes some time but happiness is there somewhere.
Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
Ages 10 and up
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After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Molly Moon's incredible book of hypnotism
by Georgia Byng
Ages 9 - 12
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Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City.
DarkIsle
by DA Nelson
Ages 9 - 12
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Ten-year-old Morag enters a magical world through the cellar of her cruel foster parents' home. That's where she meets Aldiss, a talking rat, and his companion, Bertie the dodo bird. Morag joins them on their quest to save their homeland from an evil warlock.
A little princess : the story of Sara Crewe
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ages 10 and up
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Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ages 10 and up
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Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Billy Bones : a tale from the secrets closet
by Christopher Lincoln
Ages 8-11
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The secrets of High Manners Manor, carefully guarded in a closet by Billy and his skeleton parents, begin to unravel when the orphan Millicent arrives and the two children start uncovering ghosts, apparitions, and scurrilous lies that have been festering in the house for far too long.
Sparrows in the scullery
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Ages 9 - 12
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Wealthy, orphaned Colley is kidnapped, placed in the awful Broggin Home for Boys, and put to work in a dangerous glass factory. Someone wants Colley dead, but that person has not counted on five scrappy boys, fellow inmates, who are determined that Colley will live. Great audio book!
