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The Magician’s Elephant

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Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
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Book, 1st ed, Candlewick Press, 2009
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In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected ? When a fortuneteller’s tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Orphans · Juvenile fiction · Missing children · Elephants · Brothers and sisters · Fiction · Adventure and adventurers · DiCamillo, Kate · Tanaka, Yoko
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The Prince Of Fenway Park

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Julianna Baggott
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Book, 1st ed, HarperCollins, 2009
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Someone deliberately jinxed the team, and the secret to breaking the Curse lies deep below Fenway Park, with Oscar’s dad and the Cursed Creatures, a group that has been doomed to live out their miserable lives below Fenway until the Curse is broken. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) · Juvenile fiction · Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) · Fiction · Orphans · Fathers and sons · Time travel · Supernatural · Baseball · Baggott, Julianna
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The Amaranth Enchantment

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Julie Berry
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Bloomsbury, 2009
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In this magical story filled with delightful surprises, Lucinda will dance at the royal ball, fall under the Amaranth Witch?s spell, avenge her parents? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Orphans · Juvenile fiction · Princes · Extraterrestrial beings · Fantasy · Fiction · Berry, Julie
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The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

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John H. Ritter
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Book, Philomel Books, 2009
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Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Fortunately, Dillontown is home to two boys who know a little something about winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephew to Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Billy, · the Kid · Juvenile fiction · Fiction · Baseball · History · Orphans · Frontier and pioneer life · California · 1850-1950 · Ritter, John H., 1951-
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The Graveyard Book

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Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
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Book, 1st ed, HarperCollins Publishers, 2008
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Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Dead · Juvenile fiction · Supernatural · Cemeteries · Fiction · Orphans · Gaiman, Neil · McKean, Dave
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A Curse Dark As Gold

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Elizabeth C. Bunce
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Book, 1st ed, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
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Something pulled out from the brown straw and through his knobby fingers, and where it should have gone onto the spindle, the finest strands of gleaming gold threads appeared. I don’t know how long we watched it, turning and turning, flashing gold with every revolution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mills and mill-work · Juvenile fiction · Blessing and cursing · Uncles · Orphans · Sisters · Ghosts · Fiction · Bunce, Elizabeth C
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Way Down Deep

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Ruth White
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Book, 1st ed, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007
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Although Ruby seemed to just appear out of thin air on the steps of the courthouse on the first day of summer in 1944, no one in Way Down Deep, West Virginia, ever worried too much about where the toddler came from. But when Ruby is twelve, a new family moves to Way Down Deep, and they inadvertently provide enough clues about Ruby?s past that she is able to find her own people. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Foundlings · Juvenile fiction · Community life · Identity (Psychology) · Orphans · Fiction · West Virginia · Identity · History · 1951- · White, Ruth, 1942-
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The Willoughbys

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Lois Lowry
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2008
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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. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Orphans · Juvenile fiction · Brothers and sisters · Fiction · Family life · Humorous stories · Lowry, Lois
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The Scarlet Stockings : The Enchanted Riddle

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Charlotte Kandel
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Book, 1st ed, Dutton Children’s Books, 2007
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When a book containing a tantalizing riddle and a magical pair of stockings arrive, her dreams of glory and fame are suddenly within her grasp. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Orphans · Juvenile fiction · Ballet · Riddles · Magic · Mothers and daughters · Fiction · London (England) · History · 20th century · Great Britain · Edward VII, 1901-1910 · Juvenile fiction · Paris (France) · France · Third Republic, 1870-1940 · Kandel, Charlotte
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Good Enough To Eat

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Brock Cole
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Book, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007
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But this brave and clever girl manages to outwit the Ogre and all the townspeople, too, earning a purse full of gold, a fine sharp sword, and most important, a fitting name for herself: Good-Enough-to-Eat. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Orphans · Juvenile fiction · Homeless persons · Ghouls and ogres · Fiction · Cole, Brock
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Magic In The Margins : A Medieval Tale Of Bookmaking

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by W. Nikola-Lisa ; illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2007
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Nikola-Lisa and acclaimed illustrator Bonnie Christensen combine talents to create their own illuminated story about patience, talent, and the imagination. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Artists · Juvenile fiction · Illumination of books and manuscripts · Apprentices · Orphans · Fiction · Nikola-Lisa, W · Christensen, Bonnie
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The Invention Of Hugo Cabret : A Novel In Words And Pictures

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by Brian Selznick
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Book, 1st ed, Scholastic Press, 2007
Description
Book Description: Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. My new book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is a 550 page novel in words and pictures. I’ve used the lessons I learned from Remy Charlip and other masters of the picture book to create something that is not a exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Last December he was asking me what I was working on, and as I was describing this book to him, I realized that Remy looks exactly like Georges M (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Méliès, Georges, · 1861-1938 · Juvenile fiction · Fiction · Robots · Orphans · Railroad stations · Paris (France) · History · 1870-1940 · France · Third Republic, 1870-1940 · Juvenile fiction · Selznick, Brian
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Hattie Big Sky

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Kirby Larson
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Delacorte Press, 2006
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Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle’s homesteading claim. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle’s homestead claim near Vida, Montana. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Self-reliance · Juvenile fiction · Frontier and pioneer life · Orphans · World War, 1914-1918 · United States · Fiction · Montana · History · 20th century · Larson, Kirby
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Heat

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Mike Lupica
Publication Details
Book, Philomel Books, 2006
Description
Michael Arroyo has a dream of pitching in the Little League World Series, and a pitching arm that throws serious heat. Until, that is, someone questions how a 12-year-old boy could possibly throw with as much power as Michael Arroyo throws and Michael has no way to prove his age, no birth certificate, and no parent to fight for his cause. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Brothers · Juvenile fiction · Orphans · Illegal aliens · Cubans · Little League baseball · Baseball · Social service · Lupica, Mike
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Listening For Lions

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Gloria Whelan
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, HarperCollins, 2005
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rachel Sheridan is left an orphan after influenza takes the lives of her missionary parents in British East Africa in 1919. Soon, Rachel becomes entangled in a shocking and nefarious plot that takes her away from her beloved East Africa on a lonely and treacherous journey across the ocean. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Self-realization · Juvenile fiction · Orphans · Physicians · Africa, East · History · 20th century · Great Britain · George V, 1910-1936 · Juvenile fiction · Whelan, Gloria
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