Young Adult Fiction on Orphans & Foster Homes

Penguin Readers Level 4: Lion (ELT Graded Reader)

By Saroo Brierley

Blood Family

By Anne Fine

Nobody Saw No One

By Steve Tasane

Jellicoe Road

By Melina Marchetta

The Orphanage of Gods

By Helena Coggan

Snow Like Ashes

By Sara Raasch

Saving Daisy

By Earle, Phil

Solace of the Road

By Dowd, Siobhan

Horse Thief

By Robert Newton Peck

Dear Lola

By Angell, Judie

Then

By Morris Gleitzman

Orphan, Monster, Spy

By Matt Killeen

The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight

By Jenny Valentine

The Oldmoor Orphans and the Rodents Revenge

By Simon B. Nicholson, David Wyatt

The War That Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The War Orphan (Archway)

By Anderson, Rachel

From Where I Stand

By Suzuma, Tabitha

Home Girl: or The Miseducation of Naomi Brisset (Crongton)

By Wheatle, Alex

From Where I Stand

By Suzuma, Tabitha

Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by war, saved by ballet: an extraordinary true story

By DePrince, Michaela, DePrince, Elaine

The Book Thief: Markus Zusak

By Zusak, Markus

The Eleventh Orphan

By Joan Lingard

The Truth Behind a Series of Unfortunate Events: Eyeballs, Leeches, Hypnotism, and Orphans---Exploring Lemony Snicket's World

By Gresh, Lois

Mouldy's Orphan (Young Puffin Books)

By Gillian, Avery, Avery Gillian

The Little Witch And 5 Other Favourites: A Lion in the Meadow; Sailor Jack And the 20 Orphans; the Little Witch; the Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate; ... Shadows; Mrs Discombobulous (Puffin Books)

By Mahy Margaret, Margaret, Mahy

Solace of the Road

By Dowd, Siobhan

The Dark Lady

By Akala

AIDS Orphan: Surviving South Africa's AIDs epidemic - Mary's Story (Real-Life Stories)

By Louise Armstrong

Elizabeth and the Orphans: No. 58 (Sweet Valley Twins S.)

By Suzanne, Jamie

Orphans of the Tide

By Murray, Struan, Sumberac, Manuel