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It is the Great Depression. Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage ever since his mother's listless body was carried away from their small apartment five years ago. On his birthday -- or rather, the day the nuns designate as his birthday -- William and the other orphans are taken to the historical Moore Theatre, where William glimpses an actress on the silver screen who goes by the name of...
2) June
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Like her sister before her, June leaves her Michigan home to embrace her future as a mail-order bride to a young Washington State pastor. But from the start, nothing works out as June expects. Caught up in her fiance's vision for an elaborate tabernacle that would befit God's glory, she soon learns that not everyone approves of the plan; some would rather support the local orphanage. June finds herself drawn to the orphanage run by her friend Samantha...
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Oracles of Delphi Keep volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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In 1940, when Delphi Keep's taken over by the Royal Navy as a communications outpost, Ian, Theo, and Carl dread being evacuated to the earl's winter residence where they'll no longer be protected, but are even more concerned about deciphering the third prophecy and identifying the Secret Keeper.
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Oracles of Delphi Keep volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
960L
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English
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In 1938, three orphans--Theo, Carl, and Ian, ages ten to thirteen--lead three teachers through a portal that takes them from Dover, England, to Morocco in their quest to locate six silver boxes before the ancient prophecies therein are found by the evil Demogorgon's offspring.
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Throne for sisters volume 07
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English
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"In A Crown for Assassins, Sophia, Kate and Lucas finally get the chance to journey in search of their long-lost parents. Will they find them? Are they alive? And what message do they hold for them?"--Back cover.
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Sadie Sillsby works as the assistant to the matron at the Raystown Home for Orphan and Friendless Children and dreams of the day she'll marry her beau, Blaine. But when the matron surprises everyone by announcing her own engagement, Sadie is suddenly next in line for the job. For a young woman who was once an orphan, such an esteemed position is a wish come true . . . but the matron of the Home cannot be married.
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Before moving, Will announced his intentions. "We feel obliged to insist you take us to St. Mary's Hospital and Infirmary in the city proper. We aim to tell Mother Gabriel we're alive."No one responded."We're from the orphanage," he added, conferring further heft to his position. "Expect they know what happened," the soldier carrying Albert said."They don't know the part about us," Will said, standing solid on the beach.
The Mourning Wave recounts...
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Book of Lies series volume 1
Pub. Date
2007, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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On the night he was brought to an orphanage, Marcel's memories were taken by a sorcerer and replaced with new ones by his Book of Lies, but Bea, a girl with the ability to make herself invisible, was watching and is determined to help him discover his true identity.
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Throne for sisters volume 03
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English
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"In a Song for Orphans, Sophia, 17, journeys in search for her parents. Her quest takes her to foreign and strange lands--and to a shocking secret she could never imagine. Kate, 15, is summoned by the witch, as her time has come to repay the favor. But Kate is changing, coming of age, become ever more powerful--and what will become of Kate if she makes a deal with darkness?"--Back cover.
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Mysterious Benedict Society volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
900L
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English
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Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
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Throne for sisters volume 04
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English
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"In a Dirge for Princes, Sophia, 17, battles for her life, trying to recover from the wound left by Lady D'Angelica, Will her sister Kate's new powers be enough to bring her back? The ship sails with the sisters to the distant and exotic lands of their uncle, their last hope and only known connection to their parents. Yet the journey is treacherous, and even if they find it, the sisters don't know if their reception will be warm or hostile"--Back...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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"From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. GAME. SET. MAGIC. Game - Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy, it's the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. That's all about to change when she hears about Silla's tournament....
13) Bird in a box
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Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
670L
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English
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 38
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English
Description
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.
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Throne for sisters volume 08
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English
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"In A Clasp for Heirs, Sophia, Kate and Lucas finally meet their parents. Who are they? Why were they in exile? And what secret message might they hold for them about their identities?"--Back cover.
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Throne for sisters volume 05
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English
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"In A Jewel for Royals, Sophia, 17, gets word that Sebastian, her love, is imprisoned and set to be executed. Will she risk it all for love? Her sister Kate, 15, struggles to escape the witch's power-but it may be too strong. Kate may be forced to pay the price of the deal she made-and to live a life she doesn't want to. The Queen is furious at Lady D'Angelica for failing to woo her son, Sebastian. She is prepared to sentence her to the Lead Mask....
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Carmel Sheehan volume 1
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English
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"Carmel Sheehan was raised in an orphanage in Dublin, and always believed what she was told, that her unmarried mother abandoned her as a newborn. Forty years later, living in rural Ireland, in an unfulfilling marriage, and she has no reason to suspect that version of her past was untrue, until she gets a Facebook message one day from a stranger claiming it was all lies. Carmel begins a journey of discovery that takes her back to a time long before...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.
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Merriwell sisters volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is a selfless academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams...
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