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Scorpia / by Horowitz, Anthony,1955-;
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers; Orphans; Terrorism; Spy stories.; Adventure stories.;
© 2006, c2004., Penguin Group,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Beatryce prophecy / by DiCamillo, Kate.; Blackall, Sophie.;
When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Storytelling; Goats; Monasteries; Prophecies; Middle Ages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dear Edward : a novel / by Napolitano, Ann,author.;
A twelve-year-old boy struggles with the worst kind of fame--as the sole survivor of a notorious plane crash.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Airplane crash survival; Aircraft accidents; Grief in children; Loss (Psychology); Orphans; Families;
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Okko's Inn [videorecording] / by Kobayashi, Seiran,voice actor.; Mizuki, Nana,voice actor.; Matsuda, Satsumi,voice actor.; Aikens, Kenneth,voice actor.; Bell, Glynis,1947-voice actor.; Chu, Courtney,2005-voice actor.; Kōsaka, Kitarō,1962-film director.; GKids (Firm),production company.; Shout! Factory (Firm),film distributor.;
Voices: Seiran Kobayashi, Nana Mizuki, Satsumi Matsuda, Kenneth Aikens, Glynis Bell, Courtney Chu.After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. Okko discovers there are spirits who live there that only she can see; not scary ones, but welcoming ghosts who keep her company and play games. The inn's motto is that it welcomes all and rejects none, and it is soon put to the test as a string of new guests challenge Okko's ability to be a gracious host.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Orphans; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Spirits; Hot springs; Taverns (Inns);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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His dark materials. [videorecording] / by Connor, Kit,2004-actor.; Gupta, Amit,television director.; Keen, Dafne,2005-actor.; Martin, Charles(Director),television director.; Wilson, Amir,2004-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Pullman, Philip,1946-His dark materials.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Kit Connor, Ruth Wilson, Ariyon Bakare, Lin-Manuel Miranda.Originally broadcast on television in 2022.Based on "The Amber Spyglass," the third novel in Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy, the final chapter of this epic fantasy series finds Lyra (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, and Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, on a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As Lyra's father's great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the worlds comes at a terrible price.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Belacqua, Lyra (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Kidnapping; Magic; Missing persons; Orphans;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Boxcar Children / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Deal, L. Kate.;
Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Orphans; Railroads; Brothers and sisters;
© c1977., Albert Whitman,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lucky Red : a novel / by Cravens, Claudia,author.;
"In the spring of 1877, Bridget--sixteen years old and already disillusioned after caring for her alcoholic father--is orphaned while crossing the Kansas prairie. She arrives penniless in Dodge City, and, thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, is soon recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life instantly, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships she forms with her fellow 'sporting women,' even catching the eye of the town's Sheriff's Deputy, who offers the Queen protection and security. Then, Spartan Lee--the most legendary (and only) female gunfighter in the region--rides into town, and Bridget falls in love"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Novels.; Gunfighters; Lesbians; Orphans; Prostitutes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Zorrie : a novel / by Hunt, Laird,author.;
Cast adrift in the Depression-era West after the last of her relatives pass away, Zorrie survives by working at a radium processing plant before finding love, community and unexpected loss upon returning to her small Indiana hometown.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Orphans; Young women; City and town life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Louisiana's way home / by DiCamillo, Kate.;
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Subjects: Grandparent and child; Orphans; Moving, Household; Blessing and cursing;
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Delirium / by Oliver, Lauren,1982-;
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopias.; Teenagers; Orphans; Government, Resistance to; Dating (Social customs); Interpersonal relations;
© 2012, c2011., HarperCollins,
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