Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.

A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.

The story of a plucky red-haired orphan girl who dreams of a life outside her dingy orphanage.

"When a tragic accident takes the life of the only family she's ever known, 16-year-old Raven is sent to New Orleans to start over. She soon discovers that she can hear the thoughts of others around her ... and another, more disturbing, voice in her head."--

When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.

Seventeen year old Clayton Zediker, virtual orphan now that his mother lies in a coma, tries to make sense of his life but becomes entangled with friends who take advantage of him. He also fears the transformation that will take place on his eighteenth birthday, December 21, 2012, which coincides with the mysterious end date of the Mayan calendar.

Orphaned Meira, a fierce chakram-wielding warrior from the Kingdom of Winter, must struggle to free her people from the tyranny of an opposing kingdom while also protecting her own destiny.

"Tells the story of an orphan named Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves." --oclc

"Jon Klassen's signature wry humor takes a turn for the ghostly in this thrilling retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale. In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?...