Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Family - Orphans & Foster Homes

London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place. Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no...

"I'd never had a friend, and he was my friend; I'd never really, except for a shadowy memory, had a father, and he was my father. I'd never known an adult I could communicate with or trust, and I communicated with him all the time, whether I was actually talking to him or not. And I trusted him ......

Fourteen-year-old Charles desperately wants two things: a father and a way out. Little love has come his way until the summer he befriends a mysterious scarred man named Justin McLeod, nicknamed ""The Man Without...

Molly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, she discovers she can make people do whatever she wants. But a sinister stranger is watching her every move and he'll do anything to steal her hypnotic secret...

The main character is a boy named Craig. His age is not mentioned but he is probably in his early teens. He has a younger sister, Lisa. Craig and Lisa have lost their family through death. They have been taken in by distant relatives but it is not a happy situation. 'Uncle Pete', in particular, gives them a hard time. Young people whose families have broken up through other reasons may still recognise the difficulties Craig and Lisa have in settling down with a substitute parent they don't get on with. Craig escapes from his troubled life in dreams. They don't solve his problems, but they...