Oddfellow's Orphanage
Readers rate it 3.5 (2 on Hardcover)
128 pages · Released 2012 · Random House Children's Books
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This whimsical fantasy follows a mute girl finding acceptance and friendship at a magical orphanage with wonderfully odd characters and supernatural elements. The tone is lighthearted and fantastical despite the orphanage setting, emphasizing belonging and courage over darker themes. There are minor scary moments (monster sightings) and brief conflict, but nothing graphic or traumatic. The book celebrates kindness, inclusion, and self-worth.
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Although mute, Delia quickly becomes part of the "family" at a most unusual orphanage, where classes include Fairy Tale Studies, a field trip may result in a monster sighting, and classmates include a hedgehog and a boy whose head is an onion. Although mute, Delia quickly becomes part of the "family" at a most unusual orphanage, where classes include Fairy Tale Studies, a field trip may result in a monster sighting, and classmates include a hedgehog and a boy whose head is an onion.
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- Mute persons
- Orphans
- Fiction
- Orphanages
- Supernatural
- Schools
- Juvenile fiction
- Children's fiction
- Orphanages, fiction
- Supernatural, fiction
- Schools, fiction
- People with disabilities, fiction
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ISBN 9780375869952 · Random House Children's Books