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Today is the day / by Walters, Eric,1957-; Fernandes, Eugenie,1943-;
Based on real children in an orphanage in Kenya, this lovely story shows how something as simple as a birthday can mean so much to the orphans.LSC
Subjects: Birthdays; Orphans; Orphanages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The boy with the star tattoo : a novel / by Carner, Talia,author.;
"1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified. When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans. 1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can't imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother and she sets out to track her boss's extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel. As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France's radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jews; Orphans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hockey night in Kenya / by Mutina, Danson.; Walters, Eric,1957-; Dávila, Claudia.;
Kitoo and Nigosi, Kenyan orphans, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping with chores and reading from the books in their library. When Kitoo sees a copy of Sports Around the World he is fascinated by the Canadian national men's ice hockey team. The fates align and Kitoo finds a pair of beat up old roller blades, he teaches himself to skate and dreams of playing hockey like the men in his book.LSC
Subjects: Hockey stories.; Orphans; Hockey players;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Rose and the magician's mask / by Webb, Holly.;
"9+"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Apprentices; Magic; Masks; Theft;
© 2010., Orchard Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dinotopia. [videorecording (DVD)] : the movie / by Doi, Davis.; Griffin, Kathy.; Kennedy, Jamie,1970-; Milano, Alyssa; GoodTimes Entertainment (Firm); Hallmark Entertainment (Firm);
Editors, Scott Arundale, Bruce Cathcart ; music, Christopher Klatman, Mark Watters.Voices, Alyssa Milano, Jamie Kennedy, Kathy Griffin, Wayne Knight, Michael Clarke Duncan.Twelve-year-old Kex stows away in a lifeboat, hoping to see the world, but after being washed overboard he finds himself on an island where dinosaurs and humans coexist.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Animated films; Children's films; Dinosaurs; Orphans; Video recordings for children;
© c2005., Good Times Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Animal kingdom. [videorecording] / by Barkin, Ellen,1954-actor.; Gordon, Molly,1994-actor.; Speedman, Scott,actor.; Hatosy, Shawn,1975-actor.; Robson, Ben,actor.; Weary, Jake,1990-actor.; Cole, Finn,actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Molly Gordon, Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary, Finn Cole.Originally broadcast on television in 2018.When his mother overdosed on heroin, California 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody (Finn Cole) had his extended family to fall back on for a sheltering home. Unfortunately, as his grandmother (Ellen Barkin) and uncles (Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary) are a reprobate clan of career criminals, he might have been better off in the system.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminals; Dysfunctional families; Mothers and sons; Orphans; Crime;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Oliver Twist / by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.; Horne, Philip.;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Classics; Literary; Orphans; Street children; Criminals;
© c2009., Penguin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wings of Olympus / by George, K.(Kallie),1983-;
Take flight with Pippa and her winged horse in this heartfelt two-book series about a young girl who must win the hardest race in ancient Greece in order to stay with her closest friend.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Horses; Gods; Orphans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Tin / by Kenny, Pádraig.;
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Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Orphans; Engineers; Robots; Rescues; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lightningborn / by Kagawa, Julie.;
Searching for a True Dragon in order to save humanity, one capable of intelligent thought and the ability to use magic, Princess Gem finds fate intervening in the form of Remy and his rare dragon, Storm, who are the targets of an evil pirate.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dragons; Princesses; Orphans; Pirates; Magic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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