Little bits of sky by Durrant, S. E. 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2017)

BTSB #: 297634 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 750

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Orphanages - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Foster home care - Fiction Civil disobedience - Fiction London (England) - History|y20th century - Fiction Great Britain - History|yElizabeth II, 1952- - Fiction

Summary: Ira and her little brother, Zac, know the foster system well but their lives start to change for the better when, in 1987, they go to Skilly House to live.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [Miss Peregrine's peculiar children Volume: 1]by Riggs, Ransom 

Paperback(Quirk Books, 2013)

BTSB #: 754151 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.7 UG RC: 5.7 6-8 Lexile: 890 F&P: Z

Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Supernatural - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Orphanages - Fiction Wales - Fiction

Summary: A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an orphanage. As Jacob explores the ruins it becomes clear that the children who once lived here--one of whom was his own grandfather--were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. And somehow--impossible though it seems--they may still be alive.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [Miss Peregrine's peculiar children Volume: 1]by Riggs, Ransom 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2012)

BTSB #: 754169 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.7 UG RC: 5.7 6-8

Genres:

Subjects: Large print books Supernatural - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Orphanages - Fiction Wales - Fiction

Summary: A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an orphanage. As Jacob explores the ruins it becomes clear that the children who once lived here--one of whom was his own grandfather--were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. And somehow--impossible though it seems--they may still be alive. Large print hardcover format.

Orphan and the mouse by Freeman, Martha 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2014)

BTSB #: 354738 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 810

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Mice - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Orphanages - Fiction Human-animal relationship - Fiction Criminals - Fiction

Summary: In 1949 Philadelphia, Mary Mouse and an orphan named Caro embark on an adventure when they team up to expose criminals and make the Cherry Street Orphanage a safe haven for mice.

Orphan band of Springdale by Nesbet, Anne 

Paperback(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 670895 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 6 MG RC: 5.7 6-8 Lexile: 880 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Orphanages - Fiction German Americans - Fiction

Summary: It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. She finds herself facing patriotism turned to prejudice, alien registration drives, and a family secret likely to turn the small town upside down.

Orphan eleven by Choldenko, Gennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Wendy Lamb Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 211955 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 640 F&P: V

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Orphanages - Fiction Selective mutism - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Circus - Fiction Elephants - Fiction Human experimentation in medicine - Fiction

Summary: In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.

Unadoptables by Tooke, Hana 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)

BTSB #: 884847 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: W

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Adventure fiction Orphanages - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Netherlands - Fiction

Summary: Five orphans in Holland under the care of a cruel matron who thinks they're "unadoptable" must make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam when a sinister gentleman appears and threatens to tear them apart.

Year we sailed the sun by Nelson, Theresa 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 670656 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 7.3 6-8 Lexile: 940

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Orphanages - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Nuns - Fiction Behavior - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Gangsters - Fiction St. Louis (Mo.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.