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Author
Publisher
Third State Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Lissie is the middle of three sisters, orphaned and taken in by their aunt and uncle. Both she and her older sister, Jenny, work in the family restaurant while pursuing their education and career dreams. When Lissie accidentally serves a dish containing shellfish paste to an allergic customer, she runs afoul of the wealthy Lin family. Their golden boy, Preston, star swimmer and Stanford Ph.D. student, is as handsome as he is self-righteous. Lissie...
Author
Series
Five nights at Freddy's.Fazbear frights volume 03
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For Delilah, Stanley, and Devon, being left behind is practically a way of life. Orphaned from a young age and recently divorced, Delilah escapes deeper into her dreams each night, in desperate need of a wake-up call. Stanley is newly dumped, stuck in a dead-end job for a mysterious employer, and unable to connect with anyone. And Devon, abandoned by his dad and ignored by his mom, can't understand why love and friendship come so easily to everyone...
Author
Series
Frostheart trilogy volume 03
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Ash and the Frostheart crew journey to distant lands to stop the Devourer, a Leviathan that eats the essence of everything, and seek out the Ancient Leviathan heart, the only thing that can defeat Devourer.
Author
Series
The gryphon chronicles volume 2
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his own supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at an amazing (steampunk!) Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia. Danger...
Author
Publisher
Denpa, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
The gryphon chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Foley Publications
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"After his harsh beginnings as a rough-and-tumble orphan on the streets of London, Jake Everton takes his rightful place as the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family with magical powers- his personal quest, to follow in his slain parents' footsteps as a Lightrider in the age-old battle of good versus evil. In the fantastical nooks and crannies of the Victorian Age, Jake and his friends (including his pet Gryphon!) find no shortage of adventure-...
Series
March comes in like a lion volume 2
Publisher
Denpa, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo."
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor-that her father is none other than the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. And at her childhood home at Cairo's Shepheard's Hotel, where royals, rulers, and the wealthy live, they even called her "The Princess." But her life is turned upside down when she turns seventeen. Sent to...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon. Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon. But the journey there wasn't easy. Minda was paralyzed as an infant in India after contracting polio, and...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father. It's a good plan! Or it would've been, if he wasn't kidnapped by a mermaid. With her last shot at happiness lost in the deep blue sea, Jane must venture to the world underwater...
Author
Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever.
"Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa...
16) The fascination
Author
Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn't grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father's quack elixir as they tour the country fairgrounds, at the age of fifteen the girls are sold to a mysterious Italian known as 'Captain'. Theo is an orphan, raised by his grandfather, Lord Seabrook, a man who has a dark interest in anatomical freaks and other curiosities ... particularly...