The story of a plucky, optimistic newsboy, Michael O’Halloran, who has been orphaned from a young age and asks nothing of the world but to “Be Square!...
Edith Nesbit’s classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their mother, wh...
Im Jahre 1880 im Perthes-Verlag, Gotha, erschienenen ersten Heidi-Roman wird erzählt, wie das Waisenmädchen Heidi zu seinem einsiedlerischen Grossvate...
The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Nicholas is...
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns endear ou...
Freckles is a young man who has been raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage. His one dream is to find a job, a place to belong and people who acc...
The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes...
Vaihdokas on tarina yhden pojan, Jerikon, kasvamisesta aikuiseksi 1800-luvun Suomessa, eräässä itäisessä kirkonkylässä. Hänen elämansä alkaa äärettom...
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Si...
Into the home of an interesting but self-centered family in old France comes Paula, a young orphaned cousin, from the little village of Villar, in the...
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and sent to live with her bachelor uncle, who has no use for children, especially of the...
Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home because they...
Ellen Montgomery, a young girl orphaned at a tender age, is sent to live with her wealthy aunt, a woman who is indifferent to Ellen's needs. As Ellen...
In 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' a young American boy named Cedric Errol discovers he is the rightful heir to an English earldom. His aristocratic grandf...
János Vitéz (Sir John) is an epic poem by Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, regarded as a cornerstone of Hungarian literature. The tale follows the journ...
Set in the 19th century, *Lamplighter* tells the story of Gertrude, an orphaned girl who faces a difficult childhood marked by abuse and neglect. Des...
Alleen op de wereld is a classic children's novel by Hector Malot about an orphan named Remi who travels through France with his dog, Capi. Along the...
Franz Graf von Pocci's "Kasperl in der Türkei" is a collection of over 40 marionette plays drawing on themes from fairy tales and legends. At the cent...
In "Höhlenkinder - Im Heimlichen Grund", two orphaned children, Eva and Peter, are separated from civilization and find themselves stranded in a remot...
Eben Holden is a classic American novel that tells the story of an orphan boy named Willie Brower who is taken in by his Uncle Eb, a kind-hearted farm...
Heidi, une jeune orpheline, est envoyée vivre avec son grand-père, un homme solitaire vivant dans les montagnes suisses. Elle s'épanouit dans cet envi...
In a quaint old curiosity shop, a myriad of peculiar characters intertwine in the tale of Nelly, a young orphan whose life is marked by adversity. As...
Angèle, une jeune orpheline, est élevée par deux charmants Québécois. Un soir, elle rentre chez elle et trouve un jeune homme ensanglanté sur son pas...
In Eleanor H. Porter's delightful novel, we encounter Miss Billy, an 18-year-old orphan who embarks on a unique journey of self-discovery and connecti...
