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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A historical novel, based on a real-life event, follows the lives of two characters, a newly orphaned girl in 1629 who was shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia, and a lonely boy in 1989 who, over three hundred years later, arrives on the same island, discovering the story of an infamous shipwreck.
2) Pan
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Peter is a mischievous twelve-year old boy with an irrepressible rebellious streak, but in the bleak London orphanage where he has lived his whole life those qualities do not exactly fly. Then one incredible night, Peter is whisked away from the orphanage and spirited off to a fantastical world of pirates, warriors and fairies called Neverland. There, he finds amazing adventures and fights life-or-death battles while trying to uncover the secret of...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Jules Daly is the new guardian to her niece and nephew. On the day she loses her job and nanny, an invitation arrives to spend a royal Christmas in Europe with the children's grandfather, the Duke of Castlebury Hall. Once Jules and the children arrive at the castle, laughter soon fills the once quiet halls, giving everyone hope and joy for the season. And when Jules captures the heart of the dashing Prince Ashton, both of their lives change in unexpected...
6) Seven Alone
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Spring, 1842. America's unclaimed and unexplored land drew thousands of settlers to the West, including the Sager family. Travelling from Missouri to Oregon, both parents succumbed in the untamed wilderness the father from blood poisoning, and mother from pneumonia. Their seven children courageously continued the journey.
7) Annie
Pub. Date
2000
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
Pub. Date
1997
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"When young Aaron MacGregor is tragically orphaned he is sent to live with his distant aunt and uncle in the nearby woodlands. While struggling to adept to his new surroundings, Aaron suffers under a strained relationship with his emotional aunt and trouble from a local school bully."--Container.
10) Secret garden
Pub. Date
1997
Description
An orphan girl and her invalid cousin bring new life to their home on the moors when they discover the secret garden.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Though many years have passed, another orphan - this time a lonely American girl - makes an exciting journey to the enchanting manor where the magic began. Under the watchful eye of the keeper of the garden's key, the young orphan discovers that unlocking all the mysteries of the garden will take faith, courage and determination before life can bloom lavishly once again.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
The legend of Wolf Mountain: Held hostage by ex-cons in the Utah mountains, three children escape their captors with the help of an otherworldly native American "wolf spirit."
Sam Paxton is devastated when he returns home to his ranch to find his only son murdered and his daughter apparently kidnapped by Army deserters. On a mission of revenge, Sam gathers a small posse and seeks the help of an old friend, a tracker, to locate his daughter. Zeke...
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