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601) Pavel & I: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Set in Berlin during the winter of 1946, Pavel Richter is asked by a friend to hide the body of a dead Russian spy, an event which draws him into a conspiracy involving a British Colonel, his prostitute companion, and a Soviet General.
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 12
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fated encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a 'magus', a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Still sad and frightened after living in Poland through World War I and the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Devorah Lehrman, her younger sister, and other Jewish orphans travel with Isaac Ochberg to South Africa and make a new start.
604) Dogboy
Author
Publisher
Grenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2006, 2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1346, twelve-year-old Brind, an orphaned kennel boy raised with hunting dogs at an English manor, accompanies his master, along with half of the manor's prized mastiffs, to France, where he must fend for himself when both his master and the dogs are lost at the decisive battle of Crecy.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life. As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows...
606) Goodbye, Geraldine
Author
Publisher
JGC/United
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old boy's story of growing up in Duluth whose mother died when he was three years old. The story of one family and every family, of a woman whose strength sustains her grandchildren through alcoholism, desertion, and death; and of a young man who fights his way to a new life of hope, peace, and love--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Red's planet volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After crash landing on a distant planet, a ten-year-old redheaded orphan finds herself in a new home surrounded by a host of odd and intriguing friends who must band together when Uskog space pirates return, searching for a mysterious stolen treasure.
608) Juliet's moon
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In Missouri in 1863, twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw learns to rely on herself and her brother, a captain with Quantrill's Raiders, as she sees her family home burned, is imprisoned by Yankees, and then kidnapped by a blood-crazed Confederate soldier.
609) A kiss for Cade
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An enriching story following the dedication of two separated souls and the power it takes to unite them. Cade Kolby left Zoe Bradshaw in their small Kansas town to become the most feared bounty hunter in the territory. Now Zoe needs him, and she is forced to mother his late sister's children. She sends him a message ... Come home. But the local folk know what's best for this unruly hero and the lady he left behind - even if he doesn't. And they will...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work." -Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl
It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing...
611) Fireborne
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two dragonriders must go head-to-head for the top position in the Callipolan fleet, and protect the new regime from those who lost power"--
Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.
613) Bec
Author
Series
Demonata volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2007, 2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As the demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and her warrior companions leave the devastated area not only to answer a call for help but also to find information that will enable Bec to unlock the secrets of her past.
614) Winterhouse
Author
Series
Winterhouse volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The children of the Grace Field House orphanage have their happy lives upended when they find out they're being raised to be fed to demons. Determined to save themselves and the other kids, Emma, Norman, and Ray begin planning an escape. But their caretaker, "Mom," has brought in extra help to keep the orphans in line.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In order to escape the orphanage where they are being raised as food for demons, Emma, Norman, and Ray begin recruiting allies. But convincing the other children to believe them may not be an easy task."--Page 4 of cover.
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