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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love--leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's built Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and...
Author
Series
Road to Avonlea volume 8
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
118 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An orphaned baby sets the town of Avonlea topsy-turvy. As Aunt Hetty and Rachel Lynde squabble over the infant, Sara and Felicity secretly take matters into their own hands--surely, a baby left on the doorstep is just what newlyweds Aunt Abigail and Uncle Malcolm really need!
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Raymond and his pup Rosie are abandoned by his family, he uses his wilderness skills to survive in the woods, but as winter comes, he realizes his wits are not enough, and that perhaps it is time he starts trusting others with his secret.
165) The Christmas child
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Redemption, Oklahoma, a young boy is found huddled in a Dumpster, clutching a Christmas book. Scared and refusing to speak, he captures undercover agent Kade McKendrick's guarded heart. Kade brings the child home until he can track down his family -- and his story. All Kade has is a name, Davey, and the boy's trust of sweet, pretty teacher Sophie Bartholomew. With her kindness and faith, Sophie helps both the boy and the battle-scarred cop to smile...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (appoximately 90 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whit and Eugene are far away from Whit's End! In this new adventure, they meet a local pastor in South Korea whose home is overflowing with children. What on earth is going on? Why are women abandoning their babies? And how can Whit and Eugene help? Based on the amazing true story of Pastor Lee Jong-rak, "The Drop Box" will pull at your heartstrings as it celebrates one man's courage and the value of each and every life.
167) Summer longing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for her forever home. After years of hard work and making peace with life's disappointments, Ruth is looking forward to a carefree summer of solitude. But when she finds a baby girl abandoned on her doorstep, Ruth turns to her new neighbors for help and is drawn into the drama of the close-knit community. The appearance...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
463 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For Amish widow Naomi Ropp, moving back to her parents' Bliss Valley home--with her boisterous twin toddler boys--is a chance to start over and bury the painful secrets of her marriage forever. But her life is turned upside down once again when she learns she's not the only one hiding things. The parents she believed were always open and honest have been keeping a secret her whole life. And now her only confidant is her father's new employee--a handsome...
169) Bunny Love
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A tired salesman (Gary Stone) and jaded romance novelist (Becky Dungmire/Sylvia Jayne) discover an abandoned baby boy at Woodstock with a mysterious note left by the mother, causing them to raise Bunny Love in the Midwest." -- Amazon.com
170) The drop box
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the work of Pastor Jong-rak Lee, who accepts into his family infants placed anonymously in the "baby box" at the front of his church in Seoul, South Korea.
171) Hello from Renn Lake
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Wisconsin, as her adoptive parents open their lake cabins for summer visitors, twelve-year-old Annalise, abandoned as an infant and able to communicate with the lake, discovers a growing toxic algae bloom and teams up with her friends to save the beloved body of water.
Author
Series
Island in a puddle volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Minato's tiny apartment might as well be on a deserted island. Despite being in elementary school, it falls on his shoulders to care for his little sister Nagisa, who never stops asking when their mother will make one of her infrequent visits home. One day when she stops by, their mother takes them to an amusement park, only to give Minato cash and leave them at the Ferris wheel. However, as they reach the top of the ride, [lightning] strikes their...
173) Pitter patter
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
185 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Two events happen within days of each other to make Samantha Stevenson's heart go pitter patter. The first is when Blake Dawson, a handsome lawyer, drops unexpectedly into her life. The second is when a precious baby girl is abandoned on her doorstep.
174) Not her daughter
Author
Language
English
Description
When a struggling mother loses her five-year-old daughter to a kidnapper, two women and one girl will find their loyalties and affections tested.
Emma Townsend lives with her cruel mother and clueless father, retreating into her own world of quiet and solitude. When a chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah Walker takes her. Has Emma been stolen, or rescued? Amy Townsend is unsure whether she wants her daughter back. She had physically...
175) The road warrior
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The road warrior: In the post-nuclear outback of Australia, a battle is raged by a tiny band of civilized survivors and a group of barbarians over a precious cache of gasoline.
Mad Max beyond Thunderdome: Once again, Mad Max stands alone against the barbarians of a post-nuclear age. This time, Max defends the future--a group of abandoned children--and enters the gladiatorial maces-and-chainsaws combat inside Thunderdome arena.
177) The witch's kind
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Barrie Anne Blythe and her aunt Charlotte have always known that the other residents of their small coastal community find them peculiar-- two women living alone on the outskirts of town. It is the price of concealing their strange and dangerous family secret. But two events threaten to upend their lives forever. The first is the arrival of a mysterious abandoned baby with a hint of power like their own. The second is the sudden reappearance of Barrie...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When his alcoholic mother disappears, fifteen-year-old Laurence is determined to find her, take care of his little brother, and keep their predicament a secret, all while trying to win a luxury vacation for his mom in a radio call-in contest.
179) Dog boy
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A four-year-old boy named Romochka is abandoned by his mother and uncle and left to fend for himself on the streets of Moscow, with uncounted millions of homeless children and adults. He follows a stray dog to its home in a deserted church celler. There he joins Mamochka, the mother of the pack, and six other dogs and slowly he forgets his human attributes to survive two fiercely cold winters. Romochka attracts the attention of local police, street...
180) A girl made of air
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be...
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