Children & Young Adults Fiction - Family - Orphans & Foster Homes

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Confessions of a Murder Suspect

James Patterson

!--StartFragment--James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2012

The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfor...

Lemony Snicket

The Baudelaire orphans looked out the grimy window of the train and gazed at the gloomy blackness of the Finite Forest, wondering if their lives would ever get better,' begins The Miserable Mill. If you have been introduced to the thr...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2003

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfo...

Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader,If you have just picked up this audio, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

After finding the perfect home with Josie, an elderly but forgetful artist, foster child Hollis Woods thinks she has finally found a stable place to hang her hat, but when Social Services decides that Josie may be better off in a home...

Paperback
Published: May 2004

The Story of Tracy Beaker

Jacqueline Wilson

Introducing Tracy Beaker, 10-year-old girl-wonder and the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress . . . sort of. Tracy Beaker's not exactly sure what her mother does, because Tracy has been in foster care for as long as she can remembe...

Paperback
Published: Nov 2002

The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfor...

Lemony Snicket

This is the tenth entry in the popular series that follows the dangerous adventures of the Baudelaire orphans. Here Klaus, Sunny, and Violet uncover a secret message, battle a swarm of snow gnats, and are surprised to encounter the su...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2003

Ruby Holler (Joanna Cotler Books)

Sharon Creech

'Trouble twins' Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the beautiful, mysterious Ruby Holler, but they're restless ...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2004

Everything on a Waffle

Polly Horvath

Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orph...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2008

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of...

Lemony Snicket

This ninth entry in the series that recounts the terrible and tragic lives of the Baudelaire orphans finds them disguised as freaks while hiding out with a carnival. To make matters even more unbearable, they must face such horrors as...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2003

The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfo...

Lemony Snicket

If you were going to give a gold medal to the least delightful person on Earth, you would have to give that medal to a person named Carmelita Spats, and if you didn't give it to her, Carmelita Spats was the sort of person who would ri...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unf...

Lemony Snicket

In this third entry in the Series of Unfortunate Events chronicles, the Baudelaire orphans are now living with their rather strange Aunt Josephine. Once again, they are pursued by the horrible Count Olaf who, as always, has money--and...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortu...

Lemony Snicket

The seventh book in Lemony Snicket's splendidly gloomy Series of Unfortunate Events shadows the three Baudelaire orphans as they plummet headlong into their next misadventure. Mr. Poe, their ineffective legal guardian, having exhaus...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry

Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good oldfashioned children. Following the models set in lauded t...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2009

The Invention of Hugo Cabret with DVD...

Brian Selznick

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man w...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2007

The War That Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

*Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book Award *2016 Newbery Honor bookAn exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson's Sons and for fans of Number the Stars....

Paperback
Published: May 2016

We Were Here

Matt de la Pena

The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2010

Escape to Witch Mountain

Alexander Key

Tony and Tia have no memory of their past. But because they have supernatural powers, they are sure that they come from another world and that their people still exist somewhere. They begin a desperate search to find their true home, ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2010

Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

In the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Little Princess come Noel Streatfeild’s tales of triumph. In this story, three orphan girls vow to make a name for themselves and find their own special talents. With hard ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2008

Peace, Locomotion

Jacqueline Woodson

Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer" – and write down everything that happens ...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jul 2009

The Frances Hodgson Burnett Collectio...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Paperback
Published: Jan 2025

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Eric Walters

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Paperback
Published: May 2025
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