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Author
Series
The Infernal Devices volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.
83) Clockwork prince
Author
Series
The Infernal Devices volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
84) Dragon slippers
Author
Series
Dragon Slippers volume 1
Language
English
Description
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.
85) Point Blank
Author
Series
Alex Rider volume 2
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2006.
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Alex, a fourteen-year-old spy, has been assigned by the British MI6 to investigate a series of mysterious deaths. He ends up in a boarding school in the Swiss Alps, and finds many strange things are happening to the students.
86) The Reader
Author
Series
The Reader volume 1
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin has been taken, or if she's even alive. The only clue to both her aunt's disappearance and her father's murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind;...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Miss Penelope Lumley receives an invitation to speak at her alma mater on the occasion of the Celebrate Alumnae Knowledge Exposition, she expects the trip to be a piece of cake -- or rather, CAKE. But preparing a great oration in the style of Cicero is the least of her problems. The Swanburne board of trustees is now led by none other than Judge Quinzy, and Baroness Hoover is wreaking mayhem on the school's beloved traditions. Meanwhile, Lord...
Author
Series
The Boxcar Children volume 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
The New York Times -bestselling tale of four orphaned siblings who will do anything to stick together, featuring more than thirty original illustrations. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden take care of one another. They have no parents, no other family-except for a grandfather they don't care to see-and no home . . . until the night they find the boxcar. Old, rusty, lonely, and abandoned in the woods, it's the perfect home for four brave children...
Author
Series
The war that saved my life volume 2
Language
English
Description
"As the frightening impact of World War II creeps closer and closer to her door, eleven-year-old Ada learns to manage life on the home front"--
92) Surprise Island
Author
Series
Boxcar Children volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.
Author
Series
39 Clues Cahills vs. Vespers volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Siblings Amy and Dan must find another way to outwit the Vespers when they target and kidnap Dan's only friend, eleven-year-old Atticus.
94) The minor third
Author
Series
The Magic Misfits volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
New member Emily helps the Magic Misfits when a ventriloquist with a dastardly plan comes to town.
Author
Series
Molly Moon volume 2
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Believing that she has been sent to Los Angeles by her librarian friend, Lucy Logan, to stop an evil plot by the wealthy Primo Cell, Molly Moon and her friend Roger, orphans with unusual hypnotic powers, find themselves in danger from an unsuspected source.
96) Slathbog's gold
Author
Series
Adventurers wanted volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old orphan Alex Taylor sees an odd sign in a shop window and goes inside to investigate, he is sent on a quest to defeat an evil dragon, and in the process he confronts his fears and learns about his future and his past.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
98) Anne arrives
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The charming first book in a new early-reader series, starring the spirited and outspoken Anne Shirley as she first arrives at Green Gables. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert need help on their farm, so theyve adopted what they hope will be a sturdy, helpful boy. Instead, Matthew finds Anne awaiting him at the train station imaginative, brash, redheaded Anne-with-an-e. With her place at the Cuthberts at risk particularly if nosy neighbor Mrs. Lynde has...
99) The Medusa plot
Author
Series
39 Clues Cahills vs. Vespers volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought the search for the thirty-nine clues leading to the source of their family's power was over, but when Cahills are kidnapped by the Vespers, Amy and Dan find themselves with only a few day to fulfill a bizarre ransom request before their friends start dying.
100) The lost years
Author
Publisher
Disney Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Becoming lost in the forest, Pete, an abused orphan, forges an unforgettable friendship with a giant flying dragon named Elliot, with whom he shares fantastical woodland adventures.
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