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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forced to leave New York City to move in with her aunt in South Dakota, once-wealthy orphan June comes across her mother's coin collection and determines to find a rare penny worth one million dollars so she can return to her life of privilege.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With a touch of magic and a harvest of hope, a young orphan and her exceptional elephant set out to change the destiny of a dying town, devastated by a decade of dust storms, proving that from the smallest seeds, grow the greatest friendships.
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
Earwig no vive mal en el orfanato; desde que llegó, todo el mundo hace lo que ella dice, cuando ella dice. Pero todo cambia cuando la adoptan la bruja Bella Yaga y Mandrágora, y la llevan a vivir a su misteriosa casa llena de magia, habitaciones invisibles, pociones y libros de hechizos. La mayoría de los niños saldrían corriendo, aterrorizados por la casa y sus habitantes... pero Earwig no es como la mayoría. Earwig ha decidido que quiere aprender...
11) Home for a while
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Calvin has lived in many houses that never felt like home, but Maggie, his new foster mother, helps him deal with his emotions when he misbehaves, and still offers hugs.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
14) The vile village
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Blythes are a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word. Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative. This small, loud stranger carries a backpack, walks with a swagger and goes by the name of Sputnik. As Prez dithers on the doorstep, Sputnik strolls right past him and introduces...
16) The night war
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--
19) Rainbow Valley
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first in a series of books about the Pepper family, these imaginative children's stories have delighted readers since their original publication in 1881. This first novel introduces Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and Phronsie, the children of their widowed Mamsie, Mrs. Pepper. While very poor, the Peppers live in a supportive little town in their beloved Little Brown House. The family faces many challenges, such as sickness and an overflowing generosity...
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