Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn't know her real name or where she came from. Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin "brothers" have recently left New Orleans and moved to the bayou. The twins are rarely there, but Maddie has come to love the swamp. She has learned to fish and trap and sell pelts at the local mercantile. Maddie longs to change
...Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Hak Nam Walled City is where all of humanity's worst--murderers, thieves, and addicts--are confined once sentenced. Three characters--Dai, Jin, and Mei Yee--all from different pasts, attempt in their own way to survive inside the walls, or else escape the lawless labyrinth.
4) Street boys
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Naples, Italy, during four fateful days in the fall of 1943. The only people left in the shattered, bombed-out city are the lost, abandoned children whose only goal is to survive another day. None could imagine that they would become fearless fighters and the unlikeliest heroes of World War II. They are the warriors immortalized in Street Boys, Lorenzo Carcaterra’s exhilarating new novel, a book that exceeds even his bestselling Sleepers...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy and selling copies of the country's most popular newspaper, Le Soir, now turned into Nazi propaganda. Helene's world changes when she befriends a rogue journalist, Marc Aubrion, who draws her into a secret network that publishes dissident underground newspapers. The Nazis track down Aubrion's team and give them an impossible choice: turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda...
10) Outside in
Author
Language
English
Description
In the jungle outside the growing city of Chandigarh, twelve-year-old street child Ram discovers a hidden rock garden, befriends its creator--a factory worker named Nek--and tries to save Nek's garden when it is threatened with destruction.
Language
Hindi
Description
"Lonely street dog Rafi meets a young girl in a busy train station in India. Join them on the ride of their lives across the Indian railway. This is a heart-warming tale set in India with a message of friendship and compassion at it's core. Not only will the reader enjoy exploring the sites of India with the characters but they will also learn about the lives of children and dogs in another part of the world and develop an understanding and empathy...