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Orphans Genre
Books in the Orphans genre:
The Forgotten Daughter (1933)
In second century Rome the daughter of a centurion is raised as a slave.
Author(s):
Caroline Dale Snedeker
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Where is Adelaide? (1933)
Adelaide is an orphan girl who is such a handful she is passed from relative to relative, ending up with her mother’s best friend.
Author(s):
Eliza Orne White
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Prince Commands (1934)
This first novel by Andre Norton is a Ruritanian adventure. The writing lacks polish.
Author(s):
Andre Norton
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Windows on Henry Street (1934)
Autobiography of the founder of the New York Visiting Nurse service.
Author(s):
Lillian D. Wald
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Aboard the Bulger (1935)
Five children running away from an orphanage steal (or are stolen by?) a small ship and explore the Hebrides.
Author(s):
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s):
C. L. Davidson
Ballet Shoes (1936)
Author(s):
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Gervis
Baby Island (1937)
When a ferocious storm hits their ship, young Mary and Jean become stranded on a deserted island. With them are four babies.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
In Secret Service (1937)
Author(s):
Jean Rosmer Comtesse de Brahm
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Who Rides in the Dark? (1937)
Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
James MacDonald
Belinda and the Singing Clock (1938)
Belinda and her father take to the road in a house trailer
Author(s):
Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Bound Girl of Cobble Hill (1938)
A story of the early republic where a young orphan is indentured.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Children Who Lived in a Barn (1938)
When their parents don’t return from a trip to Switzerland, the five Dunnet children have to fend for themselves.
Author(s):
Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s):
J. D. Evans
The Circus is Coming (1938)
Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, Peter and Santa run away from home to join their unknown uncle who is a circus clown.
Author(s):
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier
Highway Past Her Door (1938)
When Judy’s grandmother dies, she is thrown on her own resources and decides to go into business for herself.
Author(s):
Mary Wolfe Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Great Expectations (1939)
Young Pip finds he has a patron - but who?
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Ramona (1939)
Ramona is a mixed-race woman of Native American and Scotch ancestry. The novel tells of her travails during the settlement of California after the Mexican American War.
Author(s):
Helen Hunt Jackson
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Who Is Johnny? (1939)
A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.
Author(s):
Leopold Gedo
Illustrator(s):
Leopold Gedo
The Sea is All Around (1940)
Mab has been living with her aunt Sarah in Iowa. Now she is going to live with Aunt Belinda on Nantucket Island.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Auntie Robbo (1941)
Author(s):
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s):
Christopher Brooker
A Name for Obed (1941)
Author(s):
Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski