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The magic sewing machine
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Sunny Warner |
An orphaned brother and sister are saved from the cruelty of the orphanage's headmistress by a magic sewing machine and the goodness of their hearts. |
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Little Princes
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Conor Grennan |
Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan’s battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin Air, Grennan’s remarkable… |
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90 miles to Havana
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Enrique Flores-Galbis |
The author's experience, as one of 14,000 children moved from Cuba to a refugee camp in Miami in 1961, is told through engaging, fast-paced writing and well-developed characters.
When unrest hits … |
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Lucky T
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Kate Brian |
Carrie Fitzgerald is the luckiest girl: She is the only sophomore on the varsity basketball team, she always had the lead in the school play, and she has the cutest boyfriend in school. Carrie Fitzge… |
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society #0.5)
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Trenton Lee Stewart |
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate nose, but he also has narcolepsy, a condition that gives him terrible nightm… |
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Who knows tomorrow
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Lisa Lovatt-Smith |
Describes the author's life after she quit her glamorous job at Vogue and moved to Ghana to help the country's children, orphaned through the AIDS epidemic, by moving away from institutional orphanag… |
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The baby compromise
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Linda Ford |
"Groomed for high society, Rebecca Sterling now has a new mission--to help the orphans coming to Evans Grove. Yet just before she's due to return to New York, she faces two unexpected challenges. The… |
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Sunny, Vol. 5
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Taiyō Matsumoto |
"What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count."--Amazon.c… |
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Brush of wings
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Karen Kingsbury |
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the third novel in an unforgettable series about divine intervention and the trials and triumphs of life for a group of friends. Despi… |
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Guai wu nü hai
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Ransom Riggs |
"A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable nove… |
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La femme du tigre
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Téa Obreht |
Roman de société |
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Boy with the Latch Key (Halfpenny Orphans, Book 4)
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Cathy Sharp |
403 pages ; 20 cm |
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Alone in the world
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Catherine Reef |
From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children. |
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Moorland Magic
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Elizabeth Ashton |
Of the three sisters, Faith, Hope & Charity, it was the latter who wanted to live her life, working with children. She was, therefore, delighted when she was offered a job, in the beautiful Peak Dist… |
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The Wall and the Wing
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Laura Ruby |
In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she ha… |
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The CIDER HOUSE RULES
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John Irving |
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorit… |
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