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81) Santa's dog
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An adorable yet mischievous twelve-year-old boy lives at an orphanage. Two days before Christmas, alone in the woods, Max meets a large talking dog named Hercules. The dog explains to Max that he makes the naughty and nice list for Santa and he was sent to offer Max a chance at the nice list. Max takes a magical ride to the North Pole and appears before Santa in his courtroom run by Elves. Hercules successfully acts as Max's attorney.
82) Love struck sick
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A coming of age moment for two young adults seeking happiness and love in a Midwest town. Angie is an orphan and a shy waitress who dreams of performing music. Clint is a struggling salesman who lost his parents when he was a toddler.
84) The good fairy
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Young Louisa Ginglebusher is recruited from a local orphanage to become an usherette at a movie theater. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to spread her wings, Louisa decides to lead the life of a fairy tale angel & in her quest to do good she tries to redirect money from a rich playboy to a struggling lawyer.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious fortress built on top of a gold mine is being zealously guarded by a tribe of Amazons. The tribe is ruled by Uruck and his cruel, sadistic mistress, Rena. 15 years ago, their golden temple was discovered by an explore, and he and his wife were murdered by the Amazons who were intent on protecting their secret. However, their daughter was spared and grew up in the jungle. Now she has discovered the fate of her parents and sets out to avenge...
87) Holiday wishes
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Britney, a rich, spoiled child, and Rachel, an orphan, switch bodies after a visit to the mall with Santa Claus. Each girl wakes up as the other, with Britney in the orphanage and Rachel at Britney's family's mansion. With the magical intervention of a professional party planner Rachel teaches Britney's unloving family the true meaning of Christmas, and Britney learns that giving is better than getting.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Hindi
Description
After the demise of her parents, a young girl is taken under the wing of her uncle. When she becomes of age to be married her loving uncle arranges a marriage through a matchmaker and the story unfolds about the engagement and the fortunate falling love of the young couple.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Jules Daly is the new guardian to her niece and nephew. On the day she loses her job and nanny, an invitation arrives to spend a royal Christmas in Europe with the children's grandfather, the Duke of Castlebury Hall. Once Jules and the children arrive at the castle, laughter soon fills the once quiet halls, giving everyone hope and joy for the season. And when Jules captures the heart of the dashing Prince Ashton, both of their lives change in unexpected...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It tells the supernatural-tinged story of an orphan who finds a safe haven in small-town America, until the day his hair turns green. Then the townsfolk turn against him, frightened by the change they cannot understand. A call for tolerance, an inspiring statement that 'different' doesn't mean 'threatening.'
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The avenging eagle: Follows an orphan raised to be an assassin who gives up that life, only to be hunted by his former clan. He teams up with a mysterious wanderer and together they fight the murderous clan.
Blood brothers: Three friends who swear an oath of brotherhood which is tested when one of then is corrupted by power and lust for another's wife.
92) Lost in the sun
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
John is a rugged small time crook, running from a past full of mistakes and regrets. He soon crosses paths with Louis, a newly orphaned teenage boy, who becomes an unwilling accomplice on an open-road adventure fueled by robberies, guns and deception. John's lonely outlaw lifestyle soon catches up with him and he must confront his demons and decide if his life of doing wrong is still right for him and Louis.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Emily of New Moon is the brilliant tale of a free-spirited, orphaned girl whose vivid imagination, passion to write, and romantic nature clash with her strict adoptive family. Set during the Victorian era, Emily's coming-of-age-every heartbreak and triumph-is captured in this complete collector's set"--Container.
94) Santa fake
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Santa Fake is a musical comedy filled with Christmas spirit and holiday hijinks as an orphan gets a job as a shopping mall Santa Claus to hide from a gang of hooligans only to find out his role as Santa is more than just a disguise." --container
95) The Earthling
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Patrick Foley is a hard-hearted, no-nonsense loner who spent his life exploring the world and avoiding his feelings. When he returns to his remote Australian birthplace, he is met with more than the average outback wildlife. Fate throws him together with young Shawn Daley, a recently orphaned, city-bred boy with little hope and even less self-reliance. How can he take a pampered little child into the perilous, wild country without risking both their...
96) Oliver Twist
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
Series
When calls the heart volume Season 3, movie 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Schoolteacher Elizabeth gets a fresh start with the handsome Mountie Jack after she reassures him that she declined the proposal from her childhood friend, and instead would like to try to make things work with Jack. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's close friend Abigail encounters a young orphan who has been stealing food. Abigail decides to show the boy kindness by taking care of him and his ill sister.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy, discovers Drake, the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together they face challenges that turn them into heroes, but they fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In a far away land of jungles and wild animals, there lived a little orphan boy who was all alone in the world. But he knew that no matter how hard life can be, it's always better if you can share it with a friend. This is the story of how he found one, an elephant named Lucky. Together they face a changing world, but always manage to triumph. After a series of humorous challenges, they discover the Academy of Art, where elephants learn to paint....
100) The immortal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Italiano
Description
It is a thrilling standalone feature that further explores the characters from the hit crime series Gomorrah. It's 1980. A devastating earthquake sends buildings crashing down. Yet from underneath the rubble, the cry of a newborn baby emerges. It is none other than Ciro di Marzio. From that day on, he will be known as "The Immortal." What they say is true: no one and nothing can kill the Immortal. From his past as an orphan to his present-day Baltic...
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