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90 miles to Havana 90 miles to Havana 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 … OL15684340W
Lucky T Lucky T 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… OL15861290W
The long run The long run Leo Furey In the face of loneliness and brutality, a group of boys in the Mount Kildare Orphanage, located in the small city of St. John's, Newfoundland, bands together to look out for one another and secretly… OL16071336W
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society #0.5) The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society #0.5) 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… OL16215111W
Kisses from Katie Kisses from Katie Katie Davis What would cause an eighteen-year-old old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee, to disobey and disappoint her parents by forgoing college, break her little brother’s … OL16342100W
Freckles Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines… OL17758792W
Who knows tomorrow Who knows tomorrow 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… OL17898625W
The princess predicament The princess predicament Lisa Childs "Forced into hiding after a threat to her life, Princess Gabriella St. Pierre must protect both herself and her unborn child. Working at an orphanage, the princess tries to suppress memories of a pas… OL18166102W
The baby compromise The baby compromise 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… OL18166200W
Thornhill Thornhill Pam Smy "Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"-- OL19713943W
The promised Neverland The promised Neverland Kaiu Shirai With Norman scheduled to be shipped out, the children try their best to save him. Emma and Ray come up with a new plan, but then Norman makes a surprising decision. OL19743710W
Sunny, Vol. 5 Sunny, Vol. 5 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… OL20005042W
Brush of wings Brush of wings 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… OL20020525W
Guai wu nü hai Guai wu nü hai 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… OL20633843W
Mozhno nazyvatʹ tebi͡a mamoĭ? Mozhno nazyvatʹ tebi͡a mamoĭ? Katie Davis Majors Katie Davis traveled to Uganda for a short mission trip over the Christmas break of her senior year in high school. She found herself so moved by the Ugandan people and their needs that she knew it w… OL28170475W
Julia's search for fulfillment Julia's search for fulfillment June Bryan Belfie Life in France is exciting for Julia and her new husband, but events take a turn for the worse when an accident occurs and things change dramatically. Julia finds herself involved in unexpected relat… OL28588256W
Jeanmarie and the FBI Jeanmarie and the FBI Lucille Travis During World War II, Jeanmarie and her friends at Apple Valley Orphanage suspect their director of involvement with the black market and/or Nazi saboteurs, and, after writing to alert the FBI, they s… OL3496209W
Joy For Mourning (Steeple Hill) Joy For Mourning (Steeple Hill) Dorothy Clark In a move that shocks nineteenth-century Philadelphia society, wealthy widow Laina Brighton turns her grand house into an orphanage for homeless children. Staid and stuffy teas quickly give way to pe… OL5757642W
The CIDER HOUSE RULES The CIDER HOUSE RULES 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… OL8026340W
Whitethorn Whitethorn Bryce Courtenay From Bryce Courtenay comes a new novel about Africa. The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people frantically opposed to the English.The world is … OL883468W
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