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The Crow-Girl : The Children of Crow Cove
Bodil Bredesdorff
Hardcover - $26.95
A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers
Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and ...
Train to Somewhere
Eve Bunting
Paperback - $12.95
"A heartbreaking picture book tells the story of the 19th-century Orphan Train in the voice of the plain girl nobody wants. Himler's beautiful, understated paintings show the train steaming across the prairie and the children trying to smile and look ...
The Pinballs
Betsy Cromer Byars
Paperback - $11.95
"Three unwanted kids--Pinballs, as wisecracking Carly dubs them--collide in a warm and caring foster home and learn to pin their hopes on each other".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book; School Library Journal Best Books of 1977.
Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech
Paperback - $12.95
Dallas and Florida, dubbed the "trouble twins," have been shuffled between foster families all their lives. Filled with humor and poignancy, this delightful book by the Newbery Medalist is about a special place where it's never too late to be loved.
Rodzina
Karen Cushman
Hardcover - $26.95
Once again Karen Cushman weaves a compelling story that is thoroughly researched, filled with memorable characters, and told with wry humor and keen observation by an absolutely captivating narrator. When 12-year-old Rodzina boards an orphan train, s ...
Ball Don't Lie
Matt de La Pena
Hardcover - $27.95
Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He's a white boy ...
Where I'd Like to Be
Frances ORoark Dowell
Paperback - $11.95
From the Edgar Award-winning author of "Dovey Coe" comes this story of 12-year-old Maddie, a foster child who can't stop looking for a home. When Maddie shows a new girl her beloved scrapbook, she doesn't anticipate this one gesture will challenge he ...
Mandy
Julie Andrews Edwards
Hardcover - $29.95
Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Escaping over the orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. All through the spring, summer, and fall, Mandy works to make it tru ...