Family was everything. Control was everything else. So when Lucas Demarco discovered he shared custody of his orphaned niece, he was determined to change the situation at once. Especially since the baby's aunt, Devin Hartley,...
Orphans
- Author:Dunlop, BarbaraSummary:
- Author:JONES, V. M.Summary:
Adam's much anticipated return to the Quested Court is overshadowed by the disappearance of Hannah, the young daughter of computer-games expert and creator of Karazan, Quentin Quested. Once more the five friends must face the...
- Author:James, EldridgeSummary:
Bang! Billy Joe Ford s’arrêta net dans son élan quand le coup de feu retentit dans la nuit. Il pourrait s’agir d’un des prospecteurs qui tiraient sur un coyote, mais Billy Joe savait d’instinct que ce n’était pas le cas. Les chasseurs...
- Author:James, EldridgeSummary:
Des cris et des hurlements sortaient de l’intérieur et de l’extérieur de la salle, mais Billy Joe courait déjà aussi vite que ses jambes pouvaient le porter. Puis un autre coup de feu retentit, et il sentit une balle lui déchirer sa...
- Author:Christopher, NeilSummary:
In the Arctic, orphaned Ava stumbles upon a group of magical dwarves who show him how it feels to have a home of his own.
- Author:Bowman, PatrickSummary:
Arrow through the Axes concludes the “Odyssey of a Slave” trilogy that began with the Red Maple–nominated Torn from Troy, retelling Homer’s Odyssey. The slave Alexi, now free of his Greek captors, infiltrates the Greek strongholds of...
- Author:HOROWITZ, AnthonySummary:
Alex is in hospital recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound and determined to put his spying days behind him. Unfortunately, the reluctant teenage superspy is forced into the middle of a war against a group of eco-terrorists who plan...
- Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.
- Author:Montgomery, L. M.Summary:
Anne Shirley moves to Summerside where she becomes principal of the local school and deals with a family who resents her presence.
- Author:Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)Summary:
Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in Anne of Green Gables) of taking further education at Redmond College in Nova Scotia. Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane...
- Author:Montgomery, L. M.Summary:
Anne, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London), is sent to Prince Edward Island after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew...
- Author:Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)Summary:
Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the...
- Author:Montgomery, L. M.Summary:
Sur le quai de la gare, Marilla et Matthew attendent l'orphelin qui les aidera sur leur ferme. C'est une rouquine aux yeux pétillants qui se présente... Jouir de la magie des mots, rire de ses propres défauts, s'émerveiller face à la...
- Author:Phillips, Michael R.Summary:
Before the war, Rosewood Plantation is large and prosperous. During the war years, women and slaves struggle to keep it running. But in the bloody days following the Northern victory, a marauding band of Union soldiers ravages Rosewood...
- Author:Chesney, MarionSummary:
Left penniless after the death of her father, Amaryllis Duvane is forced to work as a servant in the home of her wealthy relations. When her ex-fiancé courts one of her relatives, she can't bear the thought of him seeing what's become...
- Author:Doerr, AnthonySummary:
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of...
- Author:HEARN, LianSummary:
The first book in the Otori trilogy is a tale of war, intrigue, love and betrayal set in an imaginary ancient Japanese society and tells the story of Takeo, a young man born to a spiritual people known as the Hidden. Unbeknown to him,...
- Author:Seethaler, Robert, Collins, CharlotteSummary:
Shortlisted for The 2016 Man Booker International PrizeAndreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy taken in by a farming family. He is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with...
- Author:Mullin, Caryl CudeSummary:
Meryl's mother was a great bard—a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps. Highly spirited and curious, she has broken a sacred...
- Author:Harris, RosieSummary:
Julia leaves home when she discovers she is pregnant. She finds work in a hotel. Eunice, wife of the manager, is also expecting. Julia's baby is stillborn but Eunice has a healthy baby girl, Amanda. Although heartbroken at the...