Marvelous tale of two unpleasant orphaned (or semi-orphaned) cousins who find the "magic" to develop into decent human beings

Two orphans, rich and poor, swap places as they are being evacuated from wartime Edinburgh. Great plot.

Reality, memory, and a child's fantasies intertwine movingly in this complex, excellent book.

Evacuated from London to a small village, frightened and abused Will finds love with village curmudgeon.

Identical twins separated in infancy. One (with special needs) is raised in Catholic orphanage, other in a family. Their reconnection is pivot of this smart, funny, complex book.

Adolescent German-Jewish evacuee in London tries to both preserve her new (British) identity and retrieve her old one at end of war.

Ambitious book that interweaves legend, history and memory in intelligent ways. Deals well with meaning of being mixed-race.

Black girl in 50s Louisiana makes visit to less prejudiced world of California aunt, but has trouble making it her home when parents die. Beautiful story intertwines issues of class, race and family.

Gripping yet grim historical novel about exploitation and mistreatment (and salvation) of orphans in 18th-century England. Highly unusual, brilliant.

Theo's dream of belonging to an utterly ideal family miraculously comes true–but with odd repercussions. Great treatment of what constitutes family, fantasies of abandoned children etc.

Moving and often disturbing look at status of orphans, of mothers and of daughters, in Korean society; complicated, well-written.

Sisters separated after parents were killed in car crash meet again after eight years and younger girl discovers that older sister's memories conflict with story she had constructed about past.