orphans

In the final book of the Shadowfell trilogy, Neryn, the rebels, and the Good Folk must work together to survive their final confrontation with King Keldec.

Cast adrift in the Depression-era West after the last of her relatives pass away, Zorrie survives by working at a radium processing plant before finding love, community and unexpected loss upon returning to her small Indiana hometown.

A graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book", in which the orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures. But Bod must remain in the graveyard, for leaving it could mean his death at the hands of a man named Jack--the man who murdered Bod's family.

Follows a young boy named Nobody Owens as he is raised in a graveyard by a group of ghosts and avoids leaving the graveyard for fear that he will be killed by the man who has already murdered his family.

Momo and two friends investigate two men who encourage their neighbors to put their extra time in the bank.

"After saving their beloved mechanized city of Oskars, Hannah and Ever team up with new friends to try to save both Oskars and the nearby city of Alexios from the evil assassin Vash"--OCLC.

"In a tent at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, many years ago, our storyteller and her twin sister are born. Her parents name her Qamar or Moon, and her sister Shams, or Sun. Their tiny caravan is journeying from the mother's city back to the father's remote ancestral village atop the mountain. This village suffers from isolation, and from a mysterious curse -- females are no longer born there. When her parents try to break the spell, their lives are cut short, and Qamar and her sister are left to fend on their own. And so, Qamar decides to pursue her mother and father's dream of discovering the world -- its people and places. With the treasured book in hand that brought her parents together, she sets out on a daring journey, on caravans and ships, across empires"--Back cover.

The Alden children and their grandfather are hiking down from Flat Top when a rockslide reveals a cave with a big secret.

"Everyone seems to want a piece of Ivy Pocket. Her adoptive parents keep trying to get her to clean the funeral home, even though Ivy's certain she's already the picture of a perfect daughter. A beautiful heiress named Estelle wants Ivy to uncover the dark truth behind her brother's death. Her new friend, Miss Carnage, keeps asking Ivy the most curious questions (the poor, clueless dear). To top it all off, Ivy must protect the Clock Diamond from the evil Miss Always, who seems to be lurking around every corner!"--OCLC.

"Twelve-year-old Quicksilver lives as a thief in the sleepy town of Willow-on-the-River. Her only companions are her faithful dog and partner in crime, Fox--and Sly Boots, the shy boy who lets her live in his attic when it's too cold to sleep on the rooftops. It's a lonesome life, but Quicksilver is used to being alone. When you are alone, no one can hurt you. No one can abandon you. Then one day Quicksilver discovers that she can perform magic. 'Real' magic. The kind that isn't supposed to exist anymore. Magic is forbidden, but Quicksilver nevertheless wants to learn more. With real magic, she could become the greatest thief who ever lived. She could maybe even find her parents. What she does find, however, is much more complicated and surprising"--Provided by publisher.