orphans

In the 1880s Herbert is a young editor who has come to Colorado to find out why his best author has stopped writing--and what he finds is thirteen-year-old Henry who has written the stories to try and keep his younger brothers together now that both their parents are dead.

Amy and Dan find themselves in Vienna, where they search for clues while evading their enemies, and attempt to discover the truth about their famous ancestors, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Nannerl.

When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them.

When Catrin, the orphan caretaker of the Holy Sanctum, witnesses a murder that traps her between a killer and the brilliant detective investigating the case, she is forced to hide her own secret gifts, the only thing that might save her and those she loves from becoming the next victims.

"A runaway orphan is adopted by the fabled Pumpkin King and whisked away to a land of undead creatures"--Provided by publisher.

A pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th century Massachusetts cling to their relationship despite their social order, sending Sam to seek his fortunes as a pirate to earn enough money to return and marry his beloved Maria.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day who tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures in an attempt to find her.

Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.

Twin homeless orphans Elliot and Liza take part in the Raven Quests--magical tasks that when completed promise the victors untold riches--but when a quest goes terribly wrong and Liza is poisoned, Elliot sacrifices everything to find the cure.

Olga, an orphan and thief, seeks to steal a valuable jewel from a secluded castle, but as she uncovers dark secrets and enigmatic enchantments, she finds herself torn between her ambitions, loyalty to her partner Pavel, and the truth behind the enchanted swans.