Orphanage Books

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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,028,229 ratings — published 2020
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.40 — 740,179 ratings — published 2017
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The Cider House Rules The Cider House Rules (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.17 — 197,439 ratings — published 1985
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.26 — 23,602 ratings — published 2011
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,366,654 ratings — published 2011
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The Home for Unwanted Girls The Home for Unwanted Girls (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.24 — 57,983 ratings — published 2018
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Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,633 ratings — published 2023
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The Surrendered The Surrendered (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.67 — 4,910 ratings — published 2009
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Boys in the Valley Boys in the Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.11 — 14,194 ratings — published 2023
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Thornhill Thornhill (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.80 — 14,056 ratings — published 2017
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,538,545 ratings — published 2003
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The Last Summer of the Death Warriors The Last Summer of the Death Warriors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,213 ratings — published 2010
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Orphan Number Eight Orphan Number Eight (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.72 — 21,538 ratings — published 2015
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,013,938 ratings — published 2014
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Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.88 — 431,890 ratings — published 1838
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Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1) Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.13 — 76,582 ratings — published 1912
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The Queen's Gambit The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.18 — 139,657 ratings — published 1983
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The Unadoptables The Unadoptables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,009 ratings — published 2020
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約束のネバーランド 1 [Yakusoku no Neverland 1] 約束のネバーランド 1 [Yakusoku no Neverland 1] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.40 — 81,023 ratings — published 2016
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A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,352 ratings — published 2019
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,853 ratings — published 2020
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Before and After Before and After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,813 ratings — published 2019
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約束のネバーランド 3 [Yakusoku no Neverland 3] 約束のネバーランド 3 [Yakusoku no Neverland 3] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.49 — 18,863 ratings — published 2017
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The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2 The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.44 — 23,172 ratings — published 2017
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Dear Mr. Knightley Dear Mr. Knightley (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,942 ratings — published 2013
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Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,191 ratings — published 2008
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The Sunflower The Sunflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,572 ratings — published 2005
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The Door by the Staircase The Door by the Staircase (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,518 ratings — published 2016
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Hetty Feather (Hetty Feather, #1) Hetty Feather (Hetty Feather, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,868 ratings — published 2009
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,359,703 ratings — published 1847
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Iron House Iron House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,965 ratings — published 2012
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Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs, #2) Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,350 ratings — published 1915
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The Chaperone The Chaperone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.88 — 64,378 ratings — published 2012
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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels, #3) No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,088 ratings — published 2013
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Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3) Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 4.06 — 17,301 ratings — published 2011
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Notorious Pleasures (Maiden Lane, #2) Notorious Pleasures (Maiden Lane, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,173 ratings — published 2011
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The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, #1) The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.95 — 23,751 ratings — published 2011
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The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.57 — 951 ratings — published 2011
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Wicked Intentions (Maiden Lane, #1) Wicked Intentions (Maiden Lane, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.81 — 20,911 ratings — published 2010
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The Magician's Elephant The Magician's Elephant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.87 — 27,598 ratings — published 2009
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Oddfellow's Orphanage Oddfellow's Orphanage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.83 — 784 ratings — published 2012
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Behold the Many Behold the Many (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.92 — 221 ratings — published 2006
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Christine Falls (Quirke, #1) Christine Falls (Quirke, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orphanage)
avg rating 3.57 — 15,153 ratings — published 2006
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The Lions' Run The Lions' Run (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,184 ratings — published
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7FATES: CHAKHO, Vol. 1 7FATES: CHAKHO, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,108 ratings — published 2023
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The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,012 ratings — published 2024
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Small Things Like These Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.08 — 474,689 ratings — published 2021
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Last Light Over Galveston Last Light Over Galveston (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,871 ratings — published 2025
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Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.47 — 39,486 ratings — published 2019
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A Question of Faith (Questioning Hearts #1) A Question of Faith (Questioning Hearts #1)
by (shelved 1 time as orphanage)
avg rating 4.56 — 333 ratings — published
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Oliver Twist by Charles DickensMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsMandy by Julie Andrews EdwardsDaddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
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Mister Doctor by Irène Cohen-JancaThe Book of Aron by Jim ShepardThe King of Children by Betty Jean LiftonKing Matt the First by Janusz KorczakKaytek the Wizard by Janusz Korczak
Homage to Janusz Korczak
22 books — 5 voters

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Kim van Alkemade
“Rachel had been worried she couldn't remember what Sam looked like; now she worried he wouldn't recognize her.”
Kim van Alkemade, Orphan Number Eight

Kevin Ansbro
“We can point the finger at adults for the stupid decisions they make in life, but an orphaned child can never be blamed for the situation in which they find themselves.”
Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time

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