Download or read book Orphan Runaways written by Kristiana Gregory and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrowing adventures accompany twelve-year-old Danny and his younger brother Judd when they run away from a San Francisco orphanage and search for their uncle in a gold rush boom town. Reprint.

Download or read book Orphan Runaways written by Kristiana Gregory and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 12-year-old Danny and six-year-old Judd lose their parents to pneumonia in 1878, they are sent to an orphanage in San Francisco. The headmaster wants to separate the brothers and send them to different families, but because they have only each other they escape. They make their way to the dangerous mining camp of Bodie, California in the High Sierra to be with their Uncle Hank. A tenderhearted croupier named Madame Mustache (true person!) takes them under her wing, along with other orphans roaming the raucous town. When the boys find their Uncle Hank and learn he's involved with a Chinese woman, they realize life with him won't be what they had expected. ** Maps, glossary, photos (in e-book). Short chapters and exciting adventure for reluctant readers. Great for classrooms studying California history. ** Highly recommended by fourt-grade teachers

Download or read book Orphan Trains written by Stephen O'Connor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the orphan trains that were operated by the Children's Aid Society between 1854 and 1929, taking abandoned children from New York to homes in the Midwest and West; and discusses the life and motivation of young minister Charles Loring Brace, founder of the society.

Download or read book Jake s Orphan written by Margaret Brooke and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother.

Download or read book Orphan Eleven written by Gennifer Choldenko and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers who love the circus, and anyone who has dreamed of finding the perfect home, comes an engaging adventure from a Newbery Honor-winning storyteller. Four orphans have escaped from the Home for Friendless Children. One is Lucy, who used to talk and sing, until life at the Home silenced her. The other orphans find work and friends at the circus, but no one will hire a mute girl. Lucy must find her voice or she will be left behind when the circus goes on the rails. Meanwhile, people are searching for Lucy, and her puzzling past is about to catch up with her. This irresistible, heartfelt novel by the master storyteller of the Tales from Alcatraz series is full of marvels and surprises.

Download or read book Runaways written by Virginia C. Andrews and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel ties together the orphans Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke, and Raven from the "Orphans series" and follows them through the harrowing search for their secret, deeply buried pasts.

Download or read book The Little Runaways Halfpenny Orphans Book 2 written by Cathy Sharp and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gritty drama that will appeal to fans of The Throwaway Children and authors Nadine Dorries and Kitty Neale.

Download or read book The Runaways written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From three-time Newbery Medal winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder comes the story of three desperate kids who just want to run away Dani O’Donnell hates the dusty desert town of Rattler Springs and the ramshackle cabin where she lives with her widowed mother. On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, Dani hatches a plan to run away and return home to Sea Grove, California, with its palm trees and ocean breezes. But her scheme gets complicated when Stormy Arigotti, a dyslexic nine-year-old, decides he wants in. As if that weren’t enough, a big-city family just set up shop on the rundown ranch Dani’s mother inherited from her husband—and the daughter, Pixie Smithson, wants to join the runaway group. Pixie’s the strangest girl Dani has ever met, but now they have to think about practical things, like raising money for three bus tickets. For Dani, Stormy, and Pixie, running away might not turn out to be the great adventure they envisioned. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.

Download or read book The Runaway Orphans written by Pam Weaver and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Spellbinding. Once you start reading you don’t want to put it down. It is emotional and your heart will go out to these children... I loved it. I couldn’t put it down’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The USA Today Bestseller Two sisters. One secret. A daring wartime journey...

Download or read book Orphan written by John Weber and published by West Side Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Homer suddenly learns that he is adopted and sets out from 1930s Iowa for New York City with his best friend, Jamie. Aided by friends old and new as he tries to learn about his origins, Homer discovers what family really means.

Download or read book Raven written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wanted was an end to broken promises... Her Mama made it painfully clear that she wished Raven had never been born. But even after she was sent to live with her kindly aunt and domineering uncle, humiliating secrets lurked—and threatened to dash forever Raven's dream of a true home...

Download or read book Runaways written by Powell Kimbell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runaways is a simple story, simply told. Two brothers are orphaned at ages two and four, thrust into a system of orphanages and foster homes, until their eventual adoption at ages four and six. They will become runaways, attempting to escape the real dangers of their new adoptive home. It is a gripping true story told with a factual intensity, as it was lived. A must read for all ages, the story springs back into life with pure vibrancy and passion. It is my very great pleasure and honor, to invite you into the world of Runaways.

Download or read book Butterfly written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wanted was to be someone's little girl... Fate made her a lonely orphan, yearning for the embrace of a real family and a loving home. But a golden chance at a new life may not be enough to escape the dark secrets of her past...

Download or read book Runaways written by Virginia Andrews (The New.) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'All for one and one for all' is the girls' motto. In the grim foster home for orphans run by Louise and Gordon Tooey, at least Brooke, Crystal, Raven and Butterfly have each other. Calling themselves 'sisters', together they can forget the past and dream of a new chance... a real home. Then they discover a secret even more haunting than Gordon's heavy boots pounding on the wooden floors. Their fragile hopes for a better life shattered, they escape the only way they can. Soon they are runaways in a borrowed car, desperately wishing to wake up one morning in a place of sunshine and love. On the road the chains of sadness that bound them seem to melt away, and the kindness of strangers makes a secure future seem almost real. But the highway is a dangerous place, and soon they are penniless and more vulnerable than ever...

Download or read book Crystal written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wanted was a family she could call her own... As an orphan girl, Crystal was one of many—and utterly alone. But she still dreamed of a shining life of love and happiness, and freedom from the dark legacy of her past...

Download or read book Brooke written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wanted was a mother's warm embrace... Brooke was an orphan, abandoned long ago by a mother she barely knew. And though her new family seemed to offer the promise of a new beginning, a dark voice in her heart told her that she was now more alone than ever...

Download or read book The Orphans of Halfpenny Street Halfpenny Orphans Book 1 written by Cathy Sharp and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call the Midwife meets Dr Barnardo’s in this gritty drama