Children & Young Adults Fiction - Family - Orphans & Foster Homes

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Confessions of a Murder Suspect

James Patterson

!--StartFragment--James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2012

The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfor...

Lemony Snicket

This is the tenth entry in the popular series that follows the dangerous adventures of the Baudelaire orphans. Here Klaus, Sunny, and Violet uncover a secret message, battle a swarm of snow gnats, and are surprised to encounter the su...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2003

The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfor...

Lemony Snicket

The Baudelaire orphans looked out the grimy window of the train and gazed at the gloomy blackness of the Finite Forest, wondering if their lives would ever get better,' begins The Miserable Mill. If you have been introduced to the thr...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2003

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of...

Lemony Snicket

This ninth entry in the series that recounts the terrible and tragic lives of the Baudelaire orphans finds them disguised as freaks while hiding out with a carnival. To make matters even more unbearable, they must face such horrors as...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2003

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfo...

Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader,If you have just picked up this audio, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfo...

Lemony Snicket

If you were going to give a gold medal to the least delightful person on Earth, you would have to give that medal to a person named Carmelita Spats, and if you didn't give it to her, Carmelita Spats was the sort of person who would ri...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unf...

Lemony Snicket

In this third entry in the Series of Unfortunate Events chronicles, the Baudelaire orphans are now living with their rather strange Aunt Josephine. Once again, they are pursued by the horrible Count Olaf who, as always, has money--and...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortu...

Lemony Snicket

The seventh book in Lemony Snicket's splendidly gloomy Series of Unfortunate Events shadows the three Baudelaire orphans as they plummet headlong into their next misadventure. Mr. Poe, their ineffective legal guardian, having exhaus...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2003

The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry

Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good oldfashioned children. Following the models set in lauded t...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2009

The Invention of Hugo Cabret with DVD...

Brian Selznick

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man w...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2007

Escape to Witch Mountain

Alexander Key

Tony and Tia have no memory of their past. But because they have supernatural powers, they are sure that they come from another world and that their people still exist somewhere. They begin a desperate search to find their true home, ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2010

Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

In the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Little Princess come Noel Streatfeild’s tales of triumph. In this story, three orphan girls vow to make a name for themselves and find their own special talents. With hard ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2008

Peace, Locomotion

Jacqueline Woodson

Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer" – and write down everything that happens ...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jul 2009
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