orphans

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Li?sel y Po

After her father's death, Liesl is locked away in a tiny attic room by her stepmother, where she meets Po, a lonely ghost, and Will, an alchemist's apprentice who bungles an important delivery and enlists Liesl and Po's help in setting things right.
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Starters

Sixteen-year-old Callie, having lost every family member besides her little brother when a genocide spore killed all of those who were not vaccinated, thinks she has found a way to support them by renting her body to seniors who want to be young again, but after a neurochip malfunction results in her being stuck in the life of her rich renter, she uncovers the horrible plan of her boss and must race against time to stop it.
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The secret garden

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

When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
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Anne of Green Gables

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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Les mis?rables

A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
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The kid

Charlie the Tramp rescues an abandoned baby from the garbage and raises him to survive in the streets, but their devoted relationship is threatened when the Kid's mother, now a famous opera singer, decides to mount a search for her child.
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Midaq Alley

Hamida, an orphan girl in 1940's Cairo, encounters a variety of unique individuals after becoming a prostitute in order to buy food for herself.
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Grass for his pillow

The orphan Takeo has been claimed by the Tribe and held against his will, forced to work as an assassin and leave behind his beloved Shirakawa, leading him to fight for his freedom, even if it may cost him his life.
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The boy who said nonsense

Tate, a boy found in a pumpkin patch, loves numbers and can count objects by simply looking at them, but his odd way of communicating puzzles and concerns other people.
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