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Børnehjemsbarnet Egon har en plan. Han vil adopteres af rige forældre, så han og vennerne Benny og Kjeld kan leve et liv i sus og dus. Egons plan lykkes, men alligevel går tingene ikke helt, som han havde tænkt sig, for hans nye forældre vil i virkeligheden bruge ham til et forsøg. Han skal sendes ud i rummet med den første bemandede rumraket, og ingen vil komme til at savne ham. Men Benny og Kjeld er på pletten, og Egon er selvfølgelig klar med endnu en plan. Han skal bruge en trillevogn, en flaske sprit, to stjernedrys-raketter og et sæt nøgler. Nikolaj Scherfig (f.

Black Butterfly is a compilation of poetry that speaks to the silence of loss, fight for families, and love for foster children. With consideration to the daily realities that foster children or youth may experience, Black Butterfly embodies real-life issues through faith-based reflections. This is a young girl's journey, pre and post, foster care. This compilation is dedicated to the foster child, the youth-in-crisis, and individuals striving to achieve positive change.

Die neue Serie der erfolgreichen Kinder- und Drehbuchautorin Vanessa Walder. Die 11-jährige Enni hat Grund zu fluchen: Ihre Pflegeeltern haben sie ins Internat gesteckt. Vom ersten Tag an will sie nur so schnell wie möglich wieder weg und zurück zu ihrem Bruder. Anfangs findet sie die anderen Internatsschüler unausstehlich. Doch Enni weiß, dass sie bei ihrem Ausbruch auf deren Hilfe angewiesen ist. Im Gegenzug fordern ihre Mitschüler auch Ennis Unterstützung. Sie wollen dem schüchternen Karan helfen, seine größte Angst zu überwinden.

Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family who invite them to join their caravan. For the first time, it seems as though they might really make it to Oregon. But then tragedy strikes, and Katie finds herself having to choose between parting ways with Hiram, or abandoning her dreams of going west - and giving up on the chance to return the mustang to his homeland.

When Paris' mother snaps again, beloved brother Malcolm is carted off to a boys' home, and Paris is sent to another foster home. There, biracial Paris finally finds someone else to trust. But when her mother comes back into her life, she must decide where home really is.

Christmas Eve. While the rest of London is celebrating, Private Investigator Ryan Kyd is drowning his sorrows in his local pub. On his way back to the office to crash out on the sofa, he sees a woman being mugged in the street. Her handbag has been stolen - and it contains a priceless necklace that she has borrowed from the auction house where she works. If she can’t get it back she faces not only losing her job, but a jail sentence as well. Gallantly, Ryan Kyd comes to her rescue.

Henry, Jessie, Violet y Benny son niños huérianos. ¿Encontrarán un hogar donde puedan seguir siendo una familia?

For Chelsey, death was unthinkable. When her only surviving parent, her beloved father, was violently murdered days before her 14th birthday, Chelsey's life was forever changed. As she was forced to come to terms with a new home life, a new school...a new identity as an orphan, Chelsey struggled to make sense of her personal tragedy. Yet she found a way to flourish despite all the odds.

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale, with its engaging heroine and evocative description of the Prince Edward Island landscape, never fails to delight youngsters. When Matthew Cuthbert goes to the train station to pick up the orphan he and his sister Marilla plan to adopt, he expects to meet a boy who can help on the family farm. Instead it's Anne - a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced 11-year-old little girl who transforms the Cuthberts' life forever and fills it with love and joy.

On her 10th birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California.

Marinus er syv år. Han bor på et børnehjem, og i skolen føler han sig tit anderledes end de andre børn. Marinus kan i det hele taget ikke ret godt lide at gå i skole. Han vil meget hellere være sammen med sin ven Løve, der er en trebenet hund, og som indimellem har brug for Marinus‘ hjælp. En dag får Marinus at vide, at han skal flytte hjem til en plejefamilie. Hvordan kommer det mon til at gå? Vibeke Marx (f.

When orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, her uncle's estate, everybody said she was the most disagreeable looking child ever seen. Depressed and withdrawn, Mary stumbles upon an arched doorway into an overgrown garden. She later discovers her pampered invalid cousin, tucked away in a dark room. Soon a charming journey into the magical secret garden begins.

Marie, jeune orpheline de mère et dont le père a disparu, est placée chez des gens cupides comme écosseuse de petits pois. Ses seuls amis sont Jean le galopin, qui travaille au château, et une araignée, "l'Etourdie", qui peine à tisser ses toiles, mais qui parle. Paolo, son père, a été condamné à tort et purge sa peine loin de là ; il revient dans la région une fois libéré et, grâce aux pouvoirs de la magie, il retrouvera sa fille.

La madre de Gabriel, un chico de Costa Rica, acaba de morir, y él ha quedado al cuidado de Vicente y Beatriz, una pareja española. Pero el matrimonio tiene otro hijo, Adrián, un muchacho consentido que no para de meterse con Gabriel. Una noche, Adrián es secuestrado por la bruja Ulula, que captura a niños caprichosos para colgarlos como frutos en su bosque del No. Gabriel no duda en emprender una peligrosa búsqueda por lugares mágicos y enfrentarse a la bruja para recuperar a su hermano.

A book simple enough for a child to understand their journey through foster care and a beautiful story for a foster and/or adoptive parent to play for their child.

A book simple enough for a child to understand their journey through foster care and a beautiful story for a foster and/or adoptive parent to listen along with their child.

Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age, being young and idealistic, in Scotland, at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745. That's when Bonnie Prince Charlie came back to Scotland out of exile in France, to claim the throne which was rightfully his. The charismatic Prince swept through Scotland calling men to arms as he went, and Robbie joined them.

In Earwig and the Witch, listeners meet Earwig, who is not your typical orphan by any stretch. Unlike most, she loves it at St. Morwald’s Home for Children, where she knows everyone and usually gets her way. So when Earwig gets adopted by a strange woman named Bella Yaga, she wants no part of it - especially after she finds out Bella is an evil witch. Now Earwig will have to use all of her considerable wit and charm (and the help of a talking cat) to get out of this mess and back home safely.

Gerade hat Enni sich mit ihrem neuen Leben im abgelegenen Internat in den Bergen versöhnt, da läuft alles schief: Der Rasenmäher verschwindet spurlos, das Zimmer der blinden Lilith wird verwüstet, jemand klaut sämtliche Weinflaschen und vom Grund des Sees kommt ein seltsames Leuchten. Dazu deuten alle Beweise auf Enni als Täterin. Jemand scheint sie zu sabotieren. Dabei darf sie gerade jetzt nicht von der Schule fliegen! Ihr Bruder Noah ist nämlich von zu Hause abgehauen und sucht sie überall. Zum Glück stehen ihre unausstehlichen neuen Freunde ihr bei.

Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West - without her or the mustang - she makes a desperate decision to go on her own. And she will not leave the mustang behind.