11 of Your Favorite Lovable Orphans
In celebration of Anne of Green Gables coming to the big screen, read below to get lost in other stories about classic, memorable orphans. From Pippi Longstocking to Frodo Baggins, these characters will inspire you with their strength and determination.
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Add to BookshelfAnne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
Red-haired, freckle-faced Pippi Longstocking lives alone with her monkey and horse, and finds herself in all sorts of adventures in her quest to never grow up.
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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist is a young boy seeking his fortune on the streets of London. He flees a workhouse and escapes prison as he tries to make a life for himself.
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The infant Tarzan is raised by apes and grows into manhood, learning to survive as the animals survive. When an expedition of white men brings the beautiful and cultured Jane Porter to the jungle, Tarzan enters civilization to win her love.
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures loneliness and cruelty, and at a charity school with a harsh regime. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane’s natural independence and spirit.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer lives with his aunt and dreams of a bigger fate. Yet through the novel’s humorous escapades, Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
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Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi loves loves her life in the mountains. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town.
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A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to settle in and make friends at boarding school. But when she learns that she’ll never see her beloved father gain, her life is turned upside down.
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The Fellowship of the Ring (Media Tie-in)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Orphaned at a young age, Frodo Baggins finds himself on an unexpected adventure. The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are seeking him and the Ring he bears—the Ring of Power that will enable evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth.
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther.
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