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81) Homecoming
Author
Series
Tillerman cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Abandoned in a parking lot by their mother, who left them with a bag of sandwiches and the address of a distant great-aunt, Dicey, James, Maybeth, and Sammy Tillerman embark on an arduous and eventful journey.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
"I should have known better..." Sammy Keyes says this a lot. But when she sees something suspicious or meets someone in trouble, she just can't help herself. She has to act. So, okay, the police have had to intervene on a couple occasions,...
Author
Series
Edge chronicles volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs. Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, dangerous world beyond the deepwoods. He meets a collection of odd companions, such as his wise...
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Umbrella volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Left on the train platform of some strange village, eight-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope as the hour grows late and the station sets to close. She clings to her suitcase like a life raft. When a peculiar old woman carrying a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but eventually does agree...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, Charlotte Tucker jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant.
89) Yuletide baby
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A Christmas Surprise. Shawn O'Riley is shocked to find a baby girl abandoned at his church on Christmas Eve. He's a pastor and a cowboy -- not a daddy! Haunted by family tragedy, he's not sure he can risk his heart to baby Noelle -- or to anyone else. But he needs help. Experienced foster mom Heather Lewis was anticipating a quiet holiday. When Shawn pops up at her door, she's happy to show him the ropes of baby care -- but isn't prepared for...
90) Found
Author
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Because her mother cannot afford to keep her, Ren tries to survive along with other homeless persons who are united in their determination to care for an abandoned baby.
91) August Rush
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
Author
Series
Mercy and Elvis mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The first in a gripping new mystery series by literary agent Paula Munier, about a retired MP and bomb-sniffing dog who become embroiled in an investigation in the beautiful Vermont wilderness It may be the Fourth of July weekend, but for retired soldier Mercy Carr and Belgian Malinois Elvis, it's just another walk in the remote Lye Brook Wilderness--until the former bomb-sniffing dog alerts to explosives and they find a squalling baby abandoned...
94) A bag of hammers
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the family they've always needed.
95) Little girl
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Italiano
Description
A hard-luck family of circus performers takes in a young girl they find abandoned in a park near Rome.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
To Edna Gladney, founder of the Texas Children's home and Aid Society, every abandoned child deserves the miracle of a loving home. Edna's devotion echoes today as she declares, "There are no illegitimate babies-- only illegitimate parents."
97) Sheer abandon
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Meeting by chance in 1985, three young women spend time together in Thailand before going their separate ways and are reunited many years later, unaware that the daughter abandoned at birth by one of them is now searching for her birth mother.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York. When the youngest grows gravely ill, their mother leaves with the child to get help from a nearby town. And they never return. As months pass, hope vanishes. Supplies are low. Livestock are dying. A brutal winter is bearing down. Then comes the stranger....
99) Lucky breaks
Author
Series
Hard Pan trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.
100) A letter to dad
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams, but on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by a deep-rooted anger caused by his father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on, as he pours out his heart in a letter to his father. As Dan writes, his life is unfolded, revealing his pain and ultimate joy, as he grows from a young, troubled teen into a strong, spiritual man. In the end, Dan's father...
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