When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables.
When a lonely boy leaves an orphanage to be apprenticed to a laddermaker only to find out that he is a virtual prisoner, he seeks escape with the one affectionate creature in his life, the dog Mash.
This story about life's unexpected gifts follows two pairs of girls, one in Ireland and one in the United States, as they move past their difficulties to lives of forgiveness, love, and hope.
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving. Selected words in text highlighted and defined for vocabulary building.
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.
When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.
A graphic novel adaptation of the Boxcar Children mystery involving a friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand.
