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The little immigrants : the orphans who came to Canada / by Bagnell, Kenneth,1934-;
Bibliography: p. 257-265.
Subjects: Orphans; Indentured servants; Children;
© c1980., Macmillan of Canada,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The forgotten home child / by Graham, Genevieve,author.;
"Canada, 2018 At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left. Soon she'll be gone, just like her husband, her daughter, and the many loved ones she's lost over the years, and the story of her shameful past will die with her. When her great grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago ... England, 1936. Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. After running away from an abusive stepfather, she falls in with Mary and Jack and their ragtag group of friends roaming the streets of Liverpool, but when they are caught stealing food, Winny and Mary are placed in Dr. Barnardo's Barkingside Home for Girls, a local home for orphans and forgotten children found in the city's slums. There, Winny learns she will join other boys and girls in a faraway place called Canada, where families eagerly await them. But when they arrive, their dream of a better life is quickly shattered. Winny is separated from Mary and Jack and sent to live with a family who doesn't want another daughter, but an indentured servant to work on their farm. Faced with this harsh new reality, Winny clings to the hope that she will someday find her friends again. Inspired by true events, The Forgotten Home Child is a moving and heartbreaking novel about place, belonging, and family--the one we make for ourselves and its enduring power to draw us home."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Orphans; Orphans; Family secrets;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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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,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The square of sevens / by Shepherd-Robinson, Laura,author.;
"An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her deceased mother and uncovers shocking secrets about her family"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fortune-tellers; Orphans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dragon flight / by George, Jessica Day,1976-;
Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Dragons; Princes; Friendship;
© 2009, c2008., Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sentinels in the deep ocean / by Hinojosa, Stacy,1983-; To, Vivienne.;
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Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Wolves; Human-animal relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The great bicycle race mystery / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Tang, Charles.;
The Aldens participate in a three-day bicycle ride and soon find that someone seems to be intent on keeping others from completing the event."RL: 3; 007-012"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Bicycles; Brothers and sisters; Orphans;
© c2000., Albert Whitman,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lightning strikes the silence / by Whishaw, Iona,1948-author.;
A warm June afternoon in King's Cove is interrupted by an explosion. Following the sound, Lane goes to investigate. Up a steep path she discovers a secluded cabin and, hiding nearby, a young Japanese girl injured and mute, but very much alive. At the Nelson Police Station, Inspector Darling and Sergeant Ames, following up on a report of a nighttime heist at the local jeweller's, discover the jeweller himself dead in his office, apparently bludgeoned, and a live wire hanging off the back of the building. As Lane attempts to speed the search for the girl's family with her own lines of inquiry, Darling and his team dig deeper into a local connection between the jeweller and a fellow businessman that leads across the pond to Cornwall and north to a mining interest on the McKenzie River. Away at her police course in Vancouver, Sergeant Terrell's favourite (former) waitress April McAvity is drawn into the case when Darling asks for her help with finding possible relatives in the city for Lane's young charge. Meanwhile offices are being ransacked and someone is following Lane. Through the alleyways of Nelson onto the country roads and woods trails of King's Cove, the latest Winslow mystery is a study in bygone promises and lingering prejudice.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Orphans; Secrecy;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The miserable mill / by Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett;
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
Subjects: Orphans; Brothers and sisters; Humorous stories;
© 2000., HarperCollins Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The wide window / by Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett;
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they're sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.
Subjects: Orphans; Brothers and sisters; Humorous stories;
© c2000., HarperTrophy,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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