Eighteen-year-old orphan Evie Wilder catches the attention of the Dark Fable, a legendary group of thieves impressed by her unique ability to turn invisible, which leads her into a newfound family, but as she delves deeper she uncovers dark secrets that may hold the key to her own mysterious past.

The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and readied its dorms. In order to thrive once more, however, the Academia needs fresh blood--new students with a passion and talent for learning. One such student, Robin, has the perfect recruit in mind: his friend Raven, an orphan who...

Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. Spanning from the Great Depression to the turbulent Vietnam War era, Wonderland is the epic account of Jesse Vogel, a boy who emerged from a family tragedy with his life spared but his world torn apart. Orphaned after watching his father murder his entire family, Jesse embarks on a personal odyssey that...

Stitch Head and Ivo set out to rescue Arabella from the orphanage where she was take--but they'll have to get past the creepy spider monster first!

"As the new chief of Clan Mackay, Gideon Sinclair knows the importance of maintaining order at any cost. To keep the conquered clan in line, Gideon must mete out ruthless justice or risk losing their precious new peace. But from the moment he meets Cait Mackay--aye, from the moment the sweetness of her lips captures his--all of Gideon's careful objectivity is well and thoroughly compromised. Cait knows that kissing the brawny Highlander is a dangerous...

"Even after Chiyo tells Ryou that she can't bring back the dead, Ryou finds himself unable to abandon his true desires. He sets out once more to learn what exactly Haru, the wish-granting demon with his cousin's face, is. The wheel of fate begins to turn, and Yuu and Chiyo find themselves at the center of it all... Yuu is now living with his new big sister -- an inhuman being he encountered in his uncle's basement! Little by little, their bond seems...

"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--

"Before the age of men but after the age of the gods, there was a time when both coexisted. Miyo, a lone orphan girl, is saved by the priest En-no-Ozuno and begins accompanying him on his pilgrim’s journey. Their goal: to receive an audience with Hitokoto-Nushi, the great god capable of granting all manner of wishes. However, it seems a marriage proposal now awaits Miyo in the capital, a place likened to a thriving and prosperous utopia…"--

Ambientada en las montañas del sur de los Apalaches, Demon Copperhead es la historia de un muchacho nacido de una madre soltera adolescente en una caravana, sin más patrimonio que el buen aspecto y el pelo cobrizo de su difunto padre, un ingenio cáustico. Set in the southern Appalachian mountains, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in a trailer, with no assets other than his late father's good looks and copper...

"Kirik and his band of dwarves continue their quest to build houses throughout the monster world, and the orphaned human girl Soara travels with them. First up is a love den for a thunder wolf and a mermaid--a pair of lovebirds who can't even touch each other--then it's off to the castle of the powerful and fearsome Demon Lord"--