In the movie Little Princess, Shirley Temple plays Sara Crew whose widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed, the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant. She suffers with dignity until her shell-shocked father returns.

Jules Daly is the new guardian to her niece and nephew. On the day she loses her job and nanny, an invitation arrives to spend a royal Christmas in Europe with the children's grandfather, the Duke of Castlebury Hall. Once Jules and the children arrive at the castle, laughter soon fills the once quiet halls, giving everyone hope and joy for the season. And when Jules captures the heart of the dashing Prince Ashton, both of their lives change in unexpected...

A new secret. A new mystery. Erin and Lori are orphans - they've lost both of their parents, and for a long time, they've only had each other. Until they don't. On a spontaneous holiday to Fiji, Lori's plane crashes in the South Pacific and the aircraft is never recovered - leaving Erin broken and grieving, but also looking for answers. Five years later, the pilot of the missing plane is spotted. He's claiming to be the sole survivor of the crash,...

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school

In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans