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2) Leap!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
3) Eragon
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Summary
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
7) Bleak house
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classics.
9) Ballet shoes
Pub. Date
[2008]
Summary
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Summary
Orphaned by war, Xin and Piao, dream of changing their fate to become the world's greatest generals. And after Piao sacrifices himself for the future emperor, Xin's path is set in motion. Helping the King reclaim the throne puts Xin's blade to the test as they go against assassins, large armies, and the mountain clan. In a country torn apart by war, only they can fight to unite the warring states!
13) Amazing racer
Pub. Date
c2012
Summary
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma.
15) City boy
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Summary
Nick, a seventeen-year-old orphan, leaves Chicago searching for his identity, and unexpectedly finds romance and a home in a majestic forest. Nich finds himself torn between his love for Angelica, who believes the forest should be preserved, and loyalty to his boss, the owner of a lumber company. In the end they must unite to catch the murderous thieves who are destroying the land.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.
