orphans

"Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school"--Publisher.

A twelve-year-oldd Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the Wet and a life of unpaid slavery.

In this spin on "Jane Eyre," Charlotte records the moments of her and Jane's life--at first writing a murder mystery, then a romance with supernatural themes. Jane can see ghosts, and the Society for the Relocation of Wayward Spirits determines that she is someone who can control ghosts as well as see them, and offers her a job.

The orphan Pip's terrifying encounter with an escaped convict and his mysterious summons to the house of the wealthy Miss Havisham form the prelude to his "great expectations." How Pip comes into a fortune, what he does with it, and what he discovers through his secret benefactor are the ingredients of his struggle for moral redemption.

After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

Orphaned Iyanu has discovered her power and is now known as the Chosen One, but this just makes her a target for the Corrupt and Chancellor Nuro. Nuro puts his plans in motion to destroy Yorubaland and capture Iyanu.

To save all of Yorubaland from an ancient curse, Iyanu gathers together Team Chosen--herself, Biyi the carefree adventurer, Toye the bookworm, and the magical giant leopard Ekun--to travel the dangerous road to the Source, which has the power to change everything.

When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious ice monster-a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole-she's determined to discover more.... Luckily, a chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, sparking the adventure of a lifetime-from London to the heart of the Arctic.

Madeline's puppy, Genevieve, always seems to find trouble, and when she gets into a stinky mess, Madeline must give her a bath.

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked and hidden garden.