orphans

The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.

Otherworldly creature Mirabelle, whose human form appears about twelve years old, lives with a diverse group of monsters at the House of Rookhaven near an English village. After the end of World War II, orphaned siblings Jem and sickly Tom arrive at Rookhaven, making the monsters aware for the first time that there's a tear in the Glamour, the barrier created as a truce with the nearby humans and to protect them from other monsters who want to harm them. Mirabelle and the family soon learn something is after them, a monster is on the loose, and they need to protect themselves while trying to keep peace with the local village.

Presents Charles Dickens's classic in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, learns that a mysterious benefactor has ensured that he will be educated and raised as a gentleman.

Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

"In 1912, orphaned Irish street musician Jonathan Harker accidentally stows away on the Titanic, where he is befriended by Wallace Hartley, called 'the bravest man in the world' for playing violin with the band as the Titanic sank. Includes historical note"--Provided by publisher.

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

While visiting Michigan's Upper Peninsula to prepare their Great-aunt Sophie's big old house for sale, the Boxcar Children encounter a mystery involving a valuable ring supposedly hidden somewhere in the house.

Verity Pruitt and her little sister Lilah end up on an orphan train to rural Arkansas where Lilah is adopted, but Verity is not. She finds work as a farmhand in the town of Wheeler but soon learns about dark secrets surrounding the town. When she discovers her family's mysterious connection to Wheeler, Verity is about to find out that ghosts are closer than they appear.

Training as a Silhouette, an apprentice to the immortals, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging gets a chance to prove her worth when an evil spirit called Fui Gwai returns, giving her the opportunity to use her newfound powers to save her friends and the world beyond.

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.