Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June,...
Orphans
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Auteur:Groves, AnnieSommaire:A breathtaking tale set in 1920s Liverpool and London of one girl's determination to trace her roots, find true love and succeed in a world where obstacles lurk around every corner.
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Auteur:McKinnon, Hannah MarySommaire:When Josh's longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. Wanting to do right by Logan, Josh begins the process of becoming his legal guardian,...
- Auteur:Ozick, CynthiaSommaire:
Ozick takes us to the outskirts of the Bronx in the 1930s, as New York fills with Europe"s ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees. Rose Meadows unknowingly enters this world when she answers an ambiguous want ad for an "...
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Auteur:Spyri, JohannaSommaire:A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Auteur:Dunaway, Dan PaxtonSommaire:Briony, a prairie girl with a disfigured face, is adopted when she is nine by a childless older couple, Dagget and Moll, who appear mysteriously one day at her orphanage. They take her to their remote town of Crowsbeak in northern...
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Auteur:Ross, Ramon RoyalSommaire:Although twelve-year-old Harper has always liked Moon, an abused, orphaned older boy, their friendship is tested by a discovery Harper makes when Moon joins the Army in 1943.
- Auteur:James, EldridgeSommaire:
Les membres du gang de Drygulch ont été évincés de leur cabane et ne savent pas où aller. Lorsqu’ils entendent dire que des colons recherchent des cow-boys, ils pensent que leur chance a tourné, mais il devient vite évident que tous ne...
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Auteur:Citra, BeckySommaire:Will Poppy has always been fascinated with writing - he thinks there's something almost... magical about it. But when his mother dies, Will finds himself stuck living with his awful aunt, unable to write a single word (despite the fact...
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Auteur:Dickens, CharlesSommaire:When the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella draw orphan Pip into the decayed luxury of their world, he begins to form desires above his station. An unexpected fortune from a mysterious donor grants Pip a chance at...
- Auteur:HEARN, LianSommaire:
The sequel to "Across the Nightingale Floor" follows the separate fates of young lovers Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede, as they fight for survival in a violent time of war, famine and treacherous alliances.
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What if who you are on the outside doesn't match who you are on the inside? Grayson Sender has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender's body....
- Auteur:Gnuse, A. J.Sommaire:
Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which parts can take her in, hide her away. It's home, after all. The home her parents made for her, before they were taken from her in a car crash. And home is where you stay, no...
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Auteur:Gibson, HeathSommaire:“Powerful, intense, yet ultimately touching. A gripping read.” —Han Nolan, National Book Award–winning author of Dancing on the Edge A junior R.O.T.C. cadet at North Covington High, J.T. is at war—with himself, his enemies and his past...
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Auteur:Larsen, PattiSommaire:Ten-year-old Chloe Sutton arrives on Prince Edward Island to live with her Aunt Laverne (Larry) after the loss of her parents. Her first night in her new home, Chloe is tormented by the loss of her mother and father and hides in the...
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Auteur:Lowry, LoisSommaire:Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
- Auteur:Schwab, VictoriaSommaire:
Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere. Summoned from boarding school, she arrives at Gallant, where no one is expecting her. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them.
- Auteur:Hardinge, FrancesSommaire:
Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are at it again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, a strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price.
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Auteur:Heneghan, JamesSommaire:When a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone. Aunt Mona, whom he has never met, takes him to live with her in Halifax, on the opposite side of the...
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Auteur:Slade, ArthurSommaire:A movie scream so piercing, so chilling and so powerful, it will open up another dimension and summon something beyond all imagining . . .
Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and...
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