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The foundling : a novel / by Leary, Ann,author.;
In 1927, when eighteen-year-old Mary Engle, while working at an institution for mentally disabled women, learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is an inmate, who begs Mary to help her escape, it forces Mary to make a terrible choice with life-altering consquences.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Eugenics; Mentally ill women; Psychiatric hospitals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cold victory : a novel / by Marlantes, Karl,author.;
"Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country's military attachés. When they meet at an embassy party, their husbands, Arnie and Mikhail, both world-class skiers, drunkenly challenge each other to a friendly-but secret-cross-country wilderness race. Louise is delighted, but Natalya is worried. Stalin and Beria's secret police rule with unforgiving brutality. If news of the race gets out and Mikhail loses, Natalya knows it would mean his death, her imprisonment, and the loss of her two children. Meanwhile, Louise, who is childless, uses the race as an opportunity to raise money for a local orphanage, naive to the danger it will bring to Natalya and her family. Too late to stop Louise's scheme, a horrified Natalya watches as news of the race spreads across the globe as newspapers and politicians spin it as a symbolic battle: freedom versus communism. Desperate to undo her mistake, Louise must reach Arnie to tell him to throw the race and save Mikhail-but how? The two racers are in a world of their own, unreachable in Finland's arctic wilderness."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Cross-country ski racing; Diplomats' spouses; Military attachés; Orphanages; Racing; Skiers; Skis and skiing; Wilderness areas;
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Anne of Green Gables [videorecording] / by Ballentine, Ella,actor.; Botsford, Sara,1951-actor.; Harrison, John Kent,television director.; Lalonde, Julia,actor.; Sheen, Martin,actor.; Television adaptation of (work) :Montgomery, L. M.(Lucy Maud),1874-1942.Anne of Green Gables.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Ella Ballentine, Martin Sheen, Sara Botsford, Julia Lalonde, Amelia Byrnes-lewis, Jaime Feggi.A new adaptation of the classic series, the film is set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.G.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9); stereophonic.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Shirley, Anne (Fictitious character); Country life; Orphans;
For private home use only.
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Last airlift : a Vietnamese orphan's rescue from war / by Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. iv), Internet addresses and index.The story of the last Canadian airlift rescue operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of the 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archival photographs.LSC
Subjects: Son Thi Anh, Tuyet; Orphans; Orphanages; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Airlift, Military; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Adopted children; Vietnamese Canadians;
© c2011., Pajama Press,
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The one and only Ruby / by Applegate, Katherine.; Castelao, Patricia.;
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Elephants; Wildlife refuges; Dogs; Gorilla;
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Quicksilver / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-author.;
"Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery--abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of "strange magnetism." It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Extrasensory perception; Orphans;
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Earwig and the witch [videorecording] / by Grant, Richard E.,1957-voice actor.; Gunji, Emi,screenwriter.; Hamada, Gaku,1988-voice actor.; Hirasawa, Kokoro,voice actor,on-screen participant.; Miyazaki, Goro,1967-film director.; Musgraves, Kacey,voice actor.; Niwa, Kieko,screenwriter.; Stevens, Dan,1982-voice actor.; Suzuki, Toshio,1948 August 19-film producer.; Terajima, Shinobu,1972-voice actor,on-screen participant.; television adaptation of (work) :Jones, Diana Wynne.Earwig and the witch.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.; Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha,production company.;
Music, Satoshi Takebe.English voices: Richard E. Grant, Kacey Musgraves, Dan Stevens.Japanese voices: Gaku Hamada, Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima.Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for some scary images and rude material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's television programs.; Fantasy television programs.; Animated television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Magic; Orphans; Witches;
For private home use only.
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Quicksilver [sound recording] / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-author.; Haberkorn, Todd,1982-narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Todd Haberkorn."Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery--abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of "strange magnetism." It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Extrasensory perception; Orphans;
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The death of Jesus / by Coetzee, J. M.,1940-author.;
David has grown to be a tall ten-year-old. He is a natural at soccer, and loves kicking a ball around with his friends. His father Simón and Bolivar the dog usually watch. His mother Ines works in a fashion boutique. David still asks lots of questions. In dancing class at the Academy of Music he dances as he chooses. He refuses to do sums and will not read any books except Don Quixote. One day Julio Fabricante, the director of a nearby orphanage, invites David and his friends to form a proper soccer team. David decides he will leave Simón and Ines to live with Julio. Before long he succumbs to a mysterious illness.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Allegories.; Children; Fate and fatalism; Guardian and ward;
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Someone to love : a Westcott novel / by Balogh, Mary.;
"Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family--including the daughter no one knew he had.... Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl's guardian is interested in Anna....Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and Anna's newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm her, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well for so long"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Love stories.; Inheritance and succession; Upper class families; Orphans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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