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Orphans Genre
Books in the Orphans genre:
The Lark on the Wing (1970)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Lynette Hemmant
Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes (1970)
Lucy Brown is befriended by Mr. Grimes.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Sea Islanders (1970)
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
Abby (1973)
When Abby learns she is adopted, she asks her parents if they can adopt a brother.
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Author(s):
Jeannette Caines
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Kisses and Fishes (1974)
Be careful what you wish for.
Author(s):
Liesel Moak Skorpen
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Midnight Kittens (1978)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
The River Road (1980)
Orphaned Sarah comes to Te Waitere, an isolated New Zealand sheep station, and finds a home.
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Doreen Caldwell
Homecoming (1981)
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
Author(s):
Cynthia Voigt
Illustrator(s):
Mark Harrison
Sharon Scotland
The Secret Garden (1986)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
At the Back of the North Wind (1989)
The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
Bye Bye Baby (1989)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
South Pacific (1992)
Adapted from the Broadway musical, this book tells the story of Nellie and Emile, Joe and Liat.
Author(s):
James A. Michener
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Mad About Madeline (1993)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales (1999)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
John Bemelmans Marciano
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
John Bemelmans Marciano
My Brother’s Ghost (2000)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Gillian Tyler
Adopted Jane (2002)
A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
A Blow for Liberty (2006)
Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of “The True Patriot” to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
Who Rides in the Dark? (2006)
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
The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume One Daily Comics 1924-1927 (2008)
This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.
Author(s):
Harold Gray
Illustrator(s):
Harold Gray