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  Hetty Feather

  by Jacqueline Wilson

  Jacqueline Wilson will surprise and delight old fans and new with this utterly original take on a historical novel. Set in Victorian times and featuring a brand new and wonderful heroine, Hetty Feather, this is a Tracy Beaker-esque tale. Warm, moving, funny and totally fascinating, it’s the perfect gift for girls of eight and older.
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  The Star of Kazan

  by Eva Ibbotson

  Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home. There, Annika has made a happy life in the servants’ quarters, surrounded with friends, including the elderly woman next door who regales Annika with stories of her performing days and her countless admirers—especially the Russian count who... (more)
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  Kaspar

  by Diane Obomsawin

  A sad and cautionary tale of mystery, fame, murder, and innocence May 28, 1828, marked the beginning of the official life of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared mysteriously in the streets of Nuremberg and died of knife wounds five years later under equally mysterious circumstances. “Europe’s child,” as pamphleteers referred to him, captured the imagination of salon society. Allegedly raised in a dark cellar... (more)
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  Nobody's Boy

  by Hector Malot

  “Nobody’s Boy” by Hector Malot is a masterpiece in children’s literature that is deeply meaningful and moving for adults as well. The story revolves around an orphan boy, abandoned by his family. He was raised by his kind adopted mother, and was sold by his adopted father in hardship to a traveling man who eventually became his teacher and a father-figure. With his teacher, he learned to play music and perform on... (more)
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  Wuthering Heights

  by Emily Brontë

  There are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of love than Wuthering Heights. This is the story of a tormented foundling who falls in love with the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other.