Download or read book The Accidental Orphan written by Constance Horne and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen, 11, becomes a stowaway aboard a steamship bound for Canada in 1885 an unwilling member of a band of orphans headed for new families on the Prairies.
Download or read book Accidental Orphan written by Constance Horne and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting novel from BC Book Prize and Silver Birch nominee Constance Horne, eleven-year-old Ellen finds herself wrongly accused of stealing while selling flowers on the Liverpool docks. In her escape she becomes a stowaway aboard a steamship bound for Canada, an unwilling member of a band of orphans headed for new families on the Prairies. Adopted by the Aitkens, a family on a Manitoba homestead, she soon lands herself at the centre of a number of calamities, unexpectedly learning about rural life in the New World and the value of family ties, both those forged in blood and those forged in trust.
Download or read book Orphan Train written by Christina Baker Kline and published by HarperLuxe. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Christina Baker Kline comes a novel about two women: one about to age out of the foster care system, the other 90 years old and carrying both a tremendous secret and a story of a life formed by a part of American history almost entirely forgotten: the Orphan Trains Molly Ayer has one last chance, and she knows it. Close to being kicked out of her foster home -- just months from turning 18 and “aging out” of the system -- Molly should be grateful that her boyfriend found her a community service project: helping an old lady clean out her home. Molly can’t help but think that the 50 hours will be tedious, but at least they’ll keep her out of juvie, and right now that’s all she cares about. Ninety-one-year-old Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine for decades. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are keys to a turbulent past. Molly is about to discover -- as she and Vivian unpack her possessions, and memories -- that Vivian’s story is a piece of America’s tumultuous history now largely forgotten: the tale of a young Irish immigrant, orphaned in New York City and put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other orphaned children whose destiny would be determined by luck and chance. As Molly digs deeper, she finds surprising parallels in her own experience as a Penobscot Indian and Vivian’s story -- and Molly realizes that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life. Rich in detail and epic in scope, THE TRAIN RIDER is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, of unexpected friendships, and of the secrets we carry with us that keep us from finding out who we are.
Download or read book The Accidental Apprentice written by Amanda Foody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.
Download or read book The Orphan Keeper written by Camron Wright and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life--and his destiny--is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells th
Download or read book Accidental Family written by Lisa Bingham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make-Believe Marriage When newborn twins are dropped on Charles Wanlass’s doorstep—along with a note begging him to protect them—he knows he needs help to give them a proper home. The only solution: entering a marriage of convenience with mail-order bride Willow Granger. But soon the handsome pastor longs for their make-believe family to become real… Willow will do whatever it takes to keep her missing friend’s babies safe. She’s drawn to Charles’s steadfast caring and honesty, but she’s sure she doesn’t have the proper background or courage to ever be a worthy wife or mother. But as danger closes in, she and Charles will risk everything to face down their fears—and turn their temporary home into a lifetime of love.
Download or read book Findings and Conclusions on an Investigation of the Rochester Orphan Asylum written by New York (State). State Board of Charities and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Orphan Witch written by Paige Crutcher and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mystical, magical, and wildly original...If Alice Hoffman and Sara Addison Allen had a witchy love child, she would be Paige Crutcher. Do not miss this beautifully realized debut!"--- JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Her Dark Lies on The Orphan Witch. A deeper magic. A stronger curse. A family lost...and found. Persephone May has been alone her entire life. Abandoned as an infant and dragged through the foster care system, she wants nothing more than to belong somewhere. To someone. However, Persephone is as strange as she is lonely. Unexplainable things happen when she’s around—changes in weather, inanimate objects taking flight—and those who seek to bring her into their family quickly cast her out. To cope, she never gets attached, never makes friends. And she certainly never dates. Working odd jobs and always keeping her suitcases half-packed, Persephone is used to moving around, leaving one town for another when curiosity over her eccentric behavior inevitably draws unwanted attention. After an accidental and very public display of power, Persephone knows it’s time to move on once again. It’s lucky, then, when she receives an email from the one friend she’s managed to keep, inviting her to the elusive Wile Isle. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. However, upon arrival, Persephone quickly discovers that Wile is no ordinary island. In fact, it just might hold the very things she’s been searching for her entire life. Answers. Family. Home. And some things she did not want. Like 100-year-old curses and an even older family feud. With the clock running out, love might be the magic that saves them all.
Download or read book The Orphan Choir written by Sophie Hannah and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chilling story of a woman haunted by music that only she can hear, sung by a choir of children that only she can see...
Download or read book The Secret Orphan written by Glynis Peters and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USA Today bestseller This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Don’t miss The Red Cross Orphans, the brand new historical novel from Glynis Peters coming in November 2021
Download or read book The Accidental Highwayman written by Ben Tripp and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher "Kit" Bristol unwittingly takes on the task of his dead master, notorious highwayman Whistling Jack, who pledged a fairy he would rescue feisty Princess Morgana from an arranged marriage with King George III.
Download or read book Escape from Saigon written by Andrea Warren and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable true story of an orphan caught in the midst of war Over a million South Vietnamese children were orphaned by the Vietnam War. This affecting true account tells the story of Long, who, like more than 40,000 other orphans, is Amerasian -- a mixed-race child -- with little future in Vietnam. Escape from Saigon allows readers to experience Long's struggle to survive in war-torn Vietnam, his dramatic escape to America as part of "Operation Babylift" during the last chaotic days before the fall of Saigon, and his life in the United States as "Matt," part of a loving Ohio family. Finally, as a young doctor, he journeys back to Vietnam, ready to reconcile his Vietnamese past with his American present. As the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, this compelling account provides a fascinating introduction to the war and the plight of children caught in the middle of it.
Download or read book Valentino s Love Child Innocent Secretary Accidentally Pregnant written by Lucy Monroe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: classics classics classics classics Seduced under the Sicilian sun… Valentino's Love-Child Their relationship is scorching and its intensity is unmatched… Only love can never be mentioned. But Valentino Grisafi's stunning, intriguing American lover is testing his resolve. He said he'd never marry again. His principles won't allow it. The one person to tame the untamable Valentino is the woman now carrying his child… Innocent Secretary…Accidentally Pregnant Plain Emma Stephenson doesn't look like a tycoon's assistant, but for playboy Luca D'Amato, breaking through her no-nonsense attitude is his favorite new game. Emma thought all they'd be sharing was an office—not a bed! Now he's offering her a promotion, and she's trying to find the words to tell him…she's pregnant!
Download or read book The Orphan of Cemetery Hill written by Hester Fox and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dead won’t bother you if you don’t give them permission. Boston, 1844. Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also makes her dangerous. As an orphaned child, she fled with her sister, Alice, from their charlatan aunt Bellefonte, who wanted only to exploit Tabby’s gift so she could profit from the recent craze for seances. Now a young woman and tragically separated from Alice, Tabby works with her adopted father, Eli, the kind caretaker of a large Boston cemetery. When a series of macabre grave robberies begins to plague the city, Tabby is ensnared in a deadly plot by the perpetrators, known only as the “Resurrection Men.” In the end, Tabby’s gift will either save both her and the cemetery—or bring about her own destruction. Don't miss Hester Fox's next novel, THE BOOK OF THORNS, where two sisters who never knew the other existed meet on opposite sides during the Napoleonic Wars and must use the magic of flowers to solve the mystery of their mother’s death—while surviving the war raging around them... Look for these other gothic mysteries from Hester Fox: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library The Witch of Willow Hall The Widow of Pale Harbor A Lullaby for Witches
Download or read book The Accidental Astronaut written by Christopher Looby and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should you do when you've been accidentally abducted by aliens? As a lonely orphan just trying to survive, Oliver Wetherbee has never really thought about it. Until now his biggest concern has been how to avoid bullies on the way to his next meal.
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance written by Frederick Hampden Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Orphan to Police Officer written by Duane McNeill and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duane was one of six siblings, one of two sets of twins, that were all abandoned when he was a child. He then became a ward of the Memphis, Tennessee, Juvenile Court System. As a child, he lived in a number of institutional settings: foster, group and children's homes, shelters, and detention facilities. In the ninth and tenth grades, he attended predominantly black schools and lived at a children's shelter. During this time of his life, while he was not a minority, he lived as one. At the age of sixteen, his Aunt Mary McNeill became his legal guardian, which kept him from being sent to a reform school. Duane and his Aunt Mary lived in Gulfport, Mississippi. Duane attended Gulfport High School and played on the football team as a center. His senior year of high school the team was undefeated and won the state championship. Duane attended Mississippi State University on a football scholarship. He played on the offensive line and spent one year as a graduate assistant coach. He graduated with a degree in social work and a certificate in corrections. Duane spent thirty-two years in law enforcement. Most of Duane's law enforcement career was with the Austin Police Department in Austin, Texas. This book is about his life's journey from being an orphan to becoming a police officer. The book was written with thanks to others in law enforcement, with hopes that they too, one day, will share their experiences with others in an effort to be sources of encouragement to each other.
