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The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

Richard Yancey

Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.

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Gathering Blue

Lois Lowry

Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the a

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The End

Lemony Snicket

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are

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Hattie Big Sky

Kirby Larson

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related t

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The Shakespeare Stealer

Gary L. Blackwood

A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.

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Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe and inspire everyone around him.

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David Copperfield

Grace A. Benscoter

A young boy is sent to a harsh school and then to the workhouse by his cruel stepfather.

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Daddy-long-legs

Marc D. Falkoff

A simplified retelling of orphan Judy Abbot's college adventures, which she relates in letters to the mysterious benefactor that she calls Daddy-Long-Legs.

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Poison Plate

Michele Spirn

When Mark first becomes the foster child of restaurant owners, he thinks they just want free help, but when he is wrongfully accused of trying to sabotage the business he is determined to find the tru

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The Hostile Hospital

Lemony Snicket

On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.

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