LIke Mike 2: Die-hard hoops fan Jerome Jenkins Junior gets no respect at the local court, because he's too young, too slow, and worst of all, too short. But when he puts on a mysterious pair of sneakers, his luck changes and he's able to do it all. Like Mike: Calvin is an orphan boy who finds a pair of magic sneakers with the initials M.J. on the inside. Once he puts them on, he's got game, and wins a spot in the NBA. But his "skill" pits him against...

Inspired by a custody case brought before the Irish courts in 1955, Desmond Doyle is a father fighting for the custody of his three children after abandonment by their mother. Due to the Irish law of the time, children could not be raised by one parent in what the courts considered a broken home, thus allowing the Doyle children to be placed in church run orphanages, where neglect and cruelty were not out of the ordinary. Desmond will take his fight...

"Wywołująca dreszcz emocji i grozy opowieść o domu sierot na tajemniczej wyspie, zamieszkiwanym niegdyś przez równie tajemnicze dzieci. Szesnastoletni Jakub, którego dziadek był jednym z nich, przyjeżdża na wyspę, żeby za wszelką cenę odkryć przeszłość dziwnego, zniszczonego domu i jego małych mieszkańców. Czy Jakub zmierzy się z potworami ze swoich snów? Czy osobliwe dzieci ze starych fotografii pokazywanych przez dziadka naprawdę...

"The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives."--MangaHere.com review.

At once a compelling personal narrative and an evocative portrait of contemporary China, this also serves as an invaluable guide for readers as they navigate the process of adopting from China.

"This is the story of my childhood in Brazil, about the culture shock I experienced when I arrived in the forests of northern Sweden and about the loss of the people I loved most. It's about what I remember of my childhood in the Brazilian wilderness, on the streets of São Paulo, in the orphanage. And it's about my early days in Sweden, when I found myself dropped into a place and life that couldn't have been in sharper contrast to what I had known"--Back...

Neema lives in an orphanage in Tanzania. She has fun playing with her friend Joseph. She likes to learn as she plays. What will Neema larn today? By sharing Neema's story, we celebrate her many strengths and abilities. Neema has a learning disability. Interior pages designed especially for Neema. The rows of color display the beautiful sky in her country of Tanzania.

"After the loss of her parents, Mary Branwell is thrust into a ramshackle orphanage that she discovers doubles as a detective squad run by children. Partnered with legendary kid gumshoe "Pops" Popowski, Mary finds herself solving mysteries on the streets of a crime-ridden, futuristic city."--

Collection of four seasonal films.

In late 1920s Missouri, when hard times force her mother to take a night job, eleven-year-old Lizbeth is placed in an orphanage, where her loneliness and worry are eased by a new, if difficult, friendship.