Orphans Of The Living

Author : Jennifer Toth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068484480X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of the Living written by Jennifer Toth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-07-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jails, hospitals, and strip joints; the celebrations of straight-A report cards, graduations, and Congressional honors - as the children demonstrate their humor, hope, and resilience in trying to overcome their society's failure.

Author : Joanna Penglase
Publisher : Fremantle Press
ISBN 13 : 9781920731663
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of the Living written by Joanna Penglase and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented Forgotten Australians, the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care. Half a million children grew up in 'care' in twentieth-century Australia, and most often these children lived with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution. In Orphans of the Living, drawing from interviews, submissions to the Senate Inquiry, and her own experience, Joanna Penglase describes, for the first time, the experience from the perspective of the survivors. With tenderness, compassion and intellect, Penglase begins to unravel the seemingly inexplicable: how and why did this happen? She looks not only at the profound personal costs to these children, but the huge social and economic costs of these past policies.

Author : Joanna Penglase
Publisher : Fremantle Press
ISBN 13 : 1921696788
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of the Living written by Joanna Penglase and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on interviews, submissions to the Senate Inquiry, and personal experience, this revealing documentation describes, for the first time, the experience of Forgotten Australians from the perspective of the survivors. In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care. Half a million children grew up in “care” in 20th-century Australia, and most often these children lived with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution. Unraveling with tenderness, compassion, and intellect the seemingly explicable accounts as to how and why this occurred this study reveals the profound personal costs to the children involved—and the huge social and economic ramifications of past policies.

Author : Sean Williams
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480495484
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of Earth written by Sean Williams and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sole survivors of the human race... and their time is running out. In the wake of Earth’s fall, Peter Alander has just one choice: to use the alien Gifts left behind on his distant colony world to warn other missions of their impending demise, a second wave of alien ships, this time intent on destroying everything in their path. Without the Gifts, humanity would have no hope at all--although no one truly understands them, and it is becoming increasingly certain that the very use of them is what draws the enemy on. Out of the dark comes help from an entirely unexpected quarter. Peter Alander and his fellow survivors are not the only victims of the terrible Starfish. But what if the cost of that help is too high? What if the price is humanity itself? “This book shines” —Cinescape “High adventure in deep space for fans of far-future SF.” —Library Journal Nominated for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards.

Author : N.W. Harris
Publisher : Clean Teen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1634220110
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Orphans written by N.W. Harris and published by Clean Teen Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Catherine Reef
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618356706
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone in the World written by Catherine Reef and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children.

Author : Avi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416971084
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of Orphans written by Avi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 New York, 13-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole a watch from the brand-new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes. Illustrations.

Author : Struan Murray
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241384443
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of the Tide written by Struan Murray and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2021, a breathtaking fantasy adventure for fans of His Dark Materials that The Times calls 'Unputdownable'. The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea, and the sea kept trying to claim it back. That grey morning, once the tide had retreated, a whale was found on a rooftop. When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he's the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause untold chaos. Only Ellie, a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities, believes he's innocent. But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever. To save the boy, Ellie must prove who he really is - even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret . . . 'Unputdownable' - The Times 'Enthralling' - The Daily Express 'Sumptuously atmospheric . . . tirelessly inventive' - The Daily Telegraph 'Gripping' - The Guardian 'Energetic and inventive' - Sunday Times 'Gripping and original' - The Observer 'Singularly brilliant' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars and The Mercies 'Compellingly inventive and unpredictable' - Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild 'A terrific debut of strange myths and dark secrets' - The Bookseller (Editor's Choice)

Author : Marian Crawford Stover
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468575295
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Orphans" with Parents written by Marian Crawford Stover and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dropped off at an Orphanage and separated from my siblings at age seven. I was always being called BAD by the sisters that cared for us. I was able to make it through it all with lots of prayers and Faith in my Jesus. After leaving the home, I moved on into an abusive marriage thinking it was normal, it was all I knew, it was one tough struggle after another. I was able to come out on top.

Author : Helen Berry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198758480
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of Empire written by Helen Berry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of what happened to the orphaned and abandoned children of the London Foundling Hospital, and the consequences of Georgian philanthropy. From serving Britain's growing global empire in the Royal Navy, to the suffering of child workers in the Industrial Revolution, the Foundling Hospital was no simple act of charity