Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
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The Moffat Museum
$7.99 Add to cartThere has never been a museum in Cranbury…until now.
Among its treasures are the first bike each of the Moffat kids rode, stardust from a meteor that fell to earth, a beautiful painting made by Sylv… [more below]
- Series: Moffats (Paperback)
- Author: Estes, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0152025537
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Lost His Laugh
$13.99 Add to cartTim loves his collection of dinosaurs-but one thing he’d love even more is a family of his own.
Tim’s beloved dinosaur collection travels with him wherever he goes. But Tim travels a lot–he is a fost
- Author: Powell, Dimity
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1921497084
- Language: English
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Worth
$8.99 Add to cartBefore the accident Nathaniel’s life seemed pretty good. His help around the farm made his father proud. But now, with a busted leg, Nathaniel can’t do farmwork anymore, so his father adopts another s… [more below]
- Author: LaFaye, A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416916245
- Language: English
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Brunt and Eggbert
$18.99 Read moreWith each passing day, they were learning new things, growing into their roles as father and son, monster and boy, and overcoming the challenges of living in both the human world and the monster world
- Author: Dorrill, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1962202933
- Language: English
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Lasagna Means I Love You
$8.99 Add to cartWhat are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own recipe in this unforgettable story that’s a little sweet, a little sour, and totally delicious.
Nan was a- Author: O’Shaughnessy, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1984893904
- Language: English
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The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
$17.99 Add to cartEveryone will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank, a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn’t come home, in this gripping story from Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko. … [more below]
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1524718920
- Language: English
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Basil & Dahlia: A Tragical Tale of Sinister Sweetness
$17.99 Add to cartTwo orphan siblings with truly terrible luck battle an evil celebrity chef in this “bitingly humorous and appealingly weird” (Publishers Weekly) illustrated middle grade romp in the vein of A Series o… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1665944234
- Language: English
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Let’s Get Together
$19.99 Add to cartBoston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning author Brandy Colbert gives The Parent Trap a fresh, funny, and delightfully unexpected update in this story of two girls–one raised by her single father, the oth
- Author: Colbert, Brandy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0063092484
- Language: English
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Save My Children: The Story of a Father’s Love
$18.95 Add to cartSave My Children is the compelling story of a young couple who became mother and father to over 800 abused and neglected children. Harvey and Elsie Jespersen had one desire: to provide a safe place fo… [more below]
- Author: Wierenga, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05 2008
- ISBN10: 1897213352
- Language: English
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When Sally O’Malley Discovered the Sea
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the Newbery-Award winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife’s Apprentice comes the story of an orphan who decides to go west–with nothing but gumption as her guide.
Sally O’Malle- Author: Cushman, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0593650573
- Language: English
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The Great Unexpected
$10.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred
- Author: Creech, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0061892343
- Language: English
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The Library of Unruly Treasures
$17.99 Add to cartThe Borrowers meets Matilida in this funny, winning story of a girl who finds herself an unlikely hero when she stumbles upon a big secret about little creatures. The latest book from the National Boo… [more below]
- Author: Birdsall, Jeanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0525579044
- Language: English
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Sam
$14.95 Add to cartRedheaded orphan Sam can’t seem to stay out of trouble. His latest incident — defending himself by hitting the high school quarterback in the face with a can of soda — lands him in the Johnson “Blue
- Author: Walters, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: May 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1770867945
- Language: English
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Severe and Unusual Weather
$19.99 Add to cartIn this poignant novel, a young girl leaves her troubled home and, while investigating a destructive tornado with the class outcast, learns the importance of letting her guard down. A must-read for fa
- Author: Foley, Jessie Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 63207788
- Language: English
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Planted with Love: Growing Into a Family
$13.99 Add to cartLamar, a young foster boy, is fascinated by his new foster mom’s garden, but after anger and uncertainty lead him to destroy it, Lamar thinks she will want him to leave and is surprised by her love an… [more below]
- Author: Tripplett, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593580761
- Language: English
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Ruby Holler
$9.99 Add to cartFrom Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming adventure about finding family, and a home, when you least expect it.
Ruby Holler is a Carnegie Medal-winnin
- Author: Creech, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0060560150
- Language: English
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Rooftoppers
$8.99 Add to cart“The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in ‘extraordinary things’ triumph in this whimsical and magical tale” (Publishers Weekly) about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop wo… [more below]
- Author: Rundell, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 1442490594
- Language: English
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My Bright Shining Star
$18.99 Read moreIntroduce young ones to the strength of love and kindness in this touching story about finding hope in the toughest places, authored by Olympic-medal-winner Fatima Whitbread.
North Star, North Star,- Author: Whitbread, Fatima
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0711296243
- Language: English
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A Home for Goddesses and Dogs
$7.99 Add to cartA unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book Award finalist The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, now available in pap
- Author: Connor, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0062796798
- Language: English
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Where the River Begins
$8.99 Add to cartA confused and misguided youngster stays with a Christian family while his mother is institutionalized. The family helps him discover the source of the nearby river and the source of the Christian lif
- Series: Patricia St John
- Author: St John, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 1980
- ISBN10: 0802481248
- Language: English
