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Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.

In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.

Hunted across the True Sea and haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret.

After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.

Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

"The final book in the Snow Like Ashes series, a high-fantasy adventure following Meira as she tries to defeat the evil king of Spring"-- Provided by publisher.

Focuses on the malicious practices of the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. When Cosmo Hill enters Satellite City, he soon realizes that the institute is nothing like an orphanage and actually uses boys to test products for profit. Cosmo ends up nearly dead one day after these tests and is almost taken away by Parasites, creatures that feed on the soul. That's when the Supernaturalists rescue him and adopt him. Follow them...

The first book in Lauren Olivers New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. Now with a brand-new cover and an exclusive-to-this-book sneak peek at her next novel for teens: the ambitious, wholly original masterwork Replica. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with...

Kindly Mother Hen looks after all the woodland orphans, but she can't afford to give them each a birthday party -- then Blue-Ribbon Bunny and Sophie Squirrel come up with a fabulous plan.