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1) Bleak House
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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This film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel about the Victorian London legal system presents the beautiful Lady Dedlock who nurses a dark secret in her past, and the merciless lawyer Tulkinghorn who seeks to uncover it. Then there is the generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his past and his two attractive young wards Richard and Ada. All of them are caught up in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond...
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Series
Boxcar children volume 91
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny try to find a human explanation for the missing statues at Skeleton Point.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Tomás world changes when Maire O'Donnell brings him home from an Irish orphanage. She shows him all the love this world has to offer but when tragedy jeopardizes the adoption, Tomás must use lessons learned from Maire to win the heart of his potential father"--from container.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 89
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The Aldens take part in a hunt at a gem mine and discover that someone is out to sabotage the contest.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 92
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When the Alden children receive a mysterious message signed by the "Tattletale," they begin to ask questions about a snapdragon that appears in a number of paintings at the local gallery.
7) Ballet shoes
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
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English
Description
Armed with an arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, criminal mastermind Gru and his crew of mischievous little yellow minions plot to pull off the craziest crime of the century: steal the moon! But when he uses a trio of orphaned girls as pawns in his scheme, their determination to turn him into their dad threatens his reputation as a supervillain.
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Series
Sisters Grimm volume 1
Language
English
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Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
12) Eve
Author
Series
Eve trilogy (Anna Carey) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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In 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus has wiped out most of the earth's population, Eve discovers the terrible fate that awaits students when they graduate from their all-girls school, and she sets off on a treacherous journey into the wilds of The New America, searching for a place where she can survive.
13) To tame a land
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English
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Rye Tyler was 12 when he saw his father cut down in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for Shakespeare and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the lessons of a hard country.
15) The thief lord
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After their mother dies, two boys travel for Venice, where they meet Scipio, the Thief Lord. Along with a small band of abandoned kids, the boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1885, seventeen-year-old Jessilyn Harney finds herself orphaned and alone on her family's homestead. Desperate to fend off starvation and predatory neighbors, she cuts off her hair, binds her chest, saddles her beloved mare, and sets off across the mountains to find her outlaw brother Noah and bring him home. A talented sharpshooter herself, Jess's quest lands her in the employ of the territory's violent, capricious Governor, whose...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Farleigh is just an orphanage. At least, that's what the church would have the people believe, but beautiful orphans Nox and fae-touched Amaris know better. They are commodities for sale, available for purchase by the highest bidder. So when the madame of a notorious brothel in a far-off city offers a king's ransom to purchase Amaris, Nox ends up taking her place - while Amaris is drawn away to the mountains, home of mysterious assassins. Even as...
18) Lie by moonlight
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English
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New historical romance about a desperate teacher, a sexy gentleman thief, four frightened orphans, and a lie uttered by moonlight.
20) Curly top
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Orphanage trustee, charmed by a curly-haired orphan and her older sister Mary, adopts both of them, only to find himself falling in love with Mary.
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