Orphans -- Juvenile fiction books

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden opens with a stark portrait of Mary Lennox, an orphaned, sickly child sent from colonial…

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden is a juvenile fiction that weaves together the lives of an orphaned girl, a young boy with…

A Little Girl in Old Quebec

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a juvenile historical adventure set in early New France, blending the romance of exploration with…

At the Little Brown House

Ruth Brown MacArthur

The book is a juvenile tale set in a bucolic village, introducing readers with a vivid early‑June sunrise…

Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence; Or, The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands

Alice B. Emerson

The novel is a lively juvenile adventure that blends romance, mystery, and a dash of early‑film intrigue.

Clematis

Cobb, Bertha B. (Bertha Browning); Cobb, Ernest

Grateful Peter's new year's gift

Ruth Lamb

The story opens on a bitter New Year’s night, when a fierce wind drives the street‑vendors of a shabby London…

Work and Win; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Oliver Optic

The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century juvenile adventure that blends Christian moral instruction with lively…

A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The novel opens with a vivid portrait of seven‑year‑old Sara Crewe, a bright, imaginative child who has just…

Pollyanna

Eleanor H. Porter

Pollyanna is a juvenile novel set in early‑twentieth‑century Vermont, foregrounding the lives of an orphaned…

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The novel is a Victorian‑era school story that follows the fortunes of Sara Crewe, an orphaned girl placed in…

Charlie Scott or, There's Time Enough

Unknown

The Box-Car Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Emily of New Moon

L. M. Montgomery

Rainbow Valley

L. M. Montgomery

The discovery of Damaris

Amy Le Feuvre

Melody : The Story of a Child

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Eight Cousins

Louisa May Alcott

Cast Upon the Breakers

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Rich Little Poor Boy

Eleanor Gates

The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Mou-Setsé: A Negro Hero; The Orphans' Pilgimage: A Story of Trust in God

L. T. Meade

The Cash Boy

Horatio Alger, Jr.