abandoned children

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abandoned children

Supers

2018
"Matt, Lily, and Benji aren't from around here. Abandoned on planet Earth, hiding far from their home; they can't even use their powers in public, for fear of being discovered. Starting at a new school is hard enough already"--Back cover.
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Why no goodbye?

2019
When his mother escapes Myanmar with his siblings during the Rohingya crisis, thirteen-year-old Jubair expresses anger over the abandonment and struggles to find forgiveness, in a series of letters.

Bridge of Clay

2019
Upon their father's return, the five Dunbar boys, who have raised themselves since their mother's death, begin to learn family secrets, including that of fourth brother Clay, who will build a bridge for complex reasons, including his own redemption.
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The edge of the water

Fifteen-year-old Jenn McDaniel's life on Whidbey Island becomes more complicated and her relationships with old and new friends take strange turns, partly due to the arrival of a woman researching a strange black seal.

Lock and key

When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
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Sunny

Two of the foster children run away on a road trip adventure before they find their way to a place they can call home. And when the road trip involves a car that can take you to the places in your dreams, anything is possible.
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Sunny

Manga series following a group of kids in a 1970s foster home in Japan. Each chapter focuses on a different character as the group prepares for an approaching typhoon.
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Sunny

With the help of a mystical car named Sunny, a group of foster children transition from a place of painful abandonment to a place of belonging.
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Sunny

Tells the stories of the children and teens in a Japanese orphanage, focusing on the staff, the old owner, his son, and a college student, a former resident at the home.
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In the woods

When Cameron discovers a baby abandoned in the woods, he tries to discover whether his sister is the mother.
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