abandoned children

Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.

A father and daughter are reunited after a long separation and go on a long trip together.

A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.

The story of a twelve-year-old girl named Nat, who both loves and hates a mother that abandoned her when she was a baby, and who her father will not talk about. Nat's journey of self-discovery is aided by her friends, famous actor father, and a chance encounter with a whale as she learns the true meaning of family.

Thirteen-year-old Boli lives in a small pueblo near Mexico City that is ravaged by the drug trade. When his parents go missing, Boli convinces a former masked wrestler to help him find his parents. Their quest is marked with tragedy, acceptance, and hope.

Abandoned as a baby and raised by a kind pastor in the small town of Haven, Lena Scott, whose true name is Abra, has become a star in Hollywood, 1957. Her mysterious beginnings lead her to make sacrifices for fame and career, and when a silver-tongued charmer sets his eyes on her she may realize too late the terrible price of fame.

Kelly Stroud was found as a baby outside a school in China. She is adopted and raised in America, but one day, when her father leaves and never comes back, Kelly embarks with her mother on a journey back to China in search of her cultural heritage.

As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.

Fifty-five-year-old Julius Harris, diagnosed with terminal cancer, vows to use the time he has left to reconcile with the three sons he walked out on twenty years before, but his children, now grown men, are not quite sure they are ready to forgive and forget.

"In his final installment of the Don't Turn Around trilogy, Noa, Peter, and what is left of their army race across the country in their search to destroy Project Persephone before time runs out"-- Provided by publisher.