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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from three viewpoints, a brisk historical tale follows the experiences of two sisters who discover an abandoned baby on the library steps, while their estranged friend, racing to complete an important errand for his World War II soldier brother, jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When eleven-year-old Sol arrives at the Ash House, desperate for a cure for his complex pain syndrome, he finds a community of strange children long abandoned by their mysterious Headmaster. The children at the Ash House want the new boy to love their home as much as they do. They give him a name like theirs. They show him the dorms and tell him about the wonderful oasis that the Headmaster has created for them. But the new boy already has a name....
8) Lucky breaks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.
Author
Series
Edge chronicles. Original series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs. Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, dangerous world beyond the deepwoods. He meets a collection of odd companions, such as his wise...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a near future world of heat, greed, and hunger, Devin earns a coveted spot in a home for abandoned children that promises unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new family, but Devin discovers the home's horrific true mission when he investigates its intimidating Administrator and the zombie-like sickness that afflicts some children.
11) Love, Aubrey
Author
Language
English
Description
While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother.
12) Coo
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Coo, a ten-year-old girl raised by a flock of pigeons, delights in finally making human contact, but quickly learns that our world is more cruel and complicated than she could have guessed"--
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having grown up in a miserable home for abandoned children, a young boy jumps at the chance to exchange places with the mysterious, flying "loblolly boy, " but once he takes on this new identity, he discovers what a harsh price he must pay.
14) Carry me home
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lulu, burdened with caring for her sister, Serena, since their father disappeared, must learn to trust her new friends and community when secrets and lies catch up with her.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Soon after their mother's sudden death in San Diego, Liberty, twelve, and Billie, eight, are abandoned at an Arizona gas station by the father they barely know and Liberty must find a way to keep them together and safe until either Dad returns or they can contact Julie, their mother's best friend.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on, with only a small toy elephant for company.
19) Every day after
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young girl fights to keep her mama out of the mental ward, her home away from the bank, and herself out of the orphanage after her father abandons her and her mother in depression era Alabama"--
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Squatters in the huge, midwestern MegaMall, fifteen-year-old Tick and his gang of lost, abandoned, or runaway children face off against a rival gang, and thirteen-year-old Jule Devereaux, whose parents and aunt have mysteriously disappeared, gets caught between.
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