A brother and sister displaced by the war in China go in search of their family. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Fritz had hair of a beautiful red,
Not auburn, or ginger, or sandy, but red.

Cathie runs away from the orphanage to the west coast of Scotland to seek her real home.

Orphaned by the war, Johnny learns that he might have family in the west of England and sets out in search of them.

When Hector misses his master's ship, he stows away on another ship to find him.

When eleven year old Hector's long-lost stepmother shows up, intent on reforming them, he and his Auntie Robbo take to the road to escape her machinations.

Willie sets out to seek his fortune with his watch, his feather cap, a silver whistle and a feather bag. Along his journey he learns the answers to the nine questions which will allow him to find his father and assume his rightful place in the kingdo... View More

The Cowboy twins set out for their ranch in Oklahoma.

Brosus and Margita set out from Sweden to search for their mother who has gone to work in England. Erik Blegvad did the dust jacket only.

Orphaned Joanne Mitchell is sent to stay with an aunt and uncle near the outback in Queensland. Finding no one home when she gets there, she decides to run away, pretend she is a boy, and find a job and place to live.

A boy without a name finds a home with a shepherd.

Mother is dead, father is off to Antarctica on a scientific expedition, the aunt who was going to look after them during the long vacation has just telegraphed she is laid up in hospital. The children decide to go stay at their old sea island cottage... View More

This is a retelling of Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.... View More

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

When their pond dries up, the water shrew and her children set off to follow the frog to the stream, but does he know the way?

This is a new translation of the classic French story of a young boy sold to a traveling show who searches for his real family the length and breadth of France.

Tom-Cat lives in a duplex, until one day the downstairs family moves away and takes him with them.

Jim Slater ran away from his father’s farmhouse to become a sailor. Later, he discovered he was aboard a slave ship.

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

Hector and Auntie Robbo take to the road to escape the clutches of a scheming stepmother.

Five children escaping from an orphanage in Scotland steal (or are stolen by?) a small ship and explore the Hebrides.