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Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Raised as a paid companion to the Hamiltons' daughter Amy in 1870s Massachusetts, Edith, an orphan, has come to accept her lower social status. But when she is attracted to a man out of her reach, she finds herself struggling with her place in society.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
After an accident takes their parents from them, the orphaned Monroes: Clay, Kathy, Jefferson, Fenimore, and Amy, must fight to survive in the treacherous lands of Wyoming. Through their experiences, they learn that the unbreakable bonds of family and friendship can withstand the harshest trials that frontier life has to offer.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Full/Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After their mother dies, two boys travel for Venice, where they meet Scipio, the Thief Lord. Along with a small band of abandoned kids, the boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light", where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Surprises from the Somas never cease as Tohru's living situation with them continues into summer. As her kindness begins to reach further into the family, she begins to notice subtle changes in everyone, especially from Yuki and Kyo. But as she meets more of the extended family, the secrets of their curse, their own shame, and their personal regrets begin to reveal themselves"--Container
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Surprises from the Somas never cease as Tohru's living situation with them continues into summer. As her kindness begins to reach further into the family, she begins to notice subtle changes in everyone, especially from Yuki and Kyo. But as she meets more of the extended family, the secrets of their curse, their own shame, and their personal regrets begin to reveal themselves"--Container
9) Desert son
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
High school student Phillip finds himself cruelly cast into a game of life or death. Left for days without food or water, he eventually collapses and gives up hope, until a beautiful orphan girl named Lucy comes to his rescue. Lucy welcomes Phillip into her makeshift home in a decaying ghost town where she lives with her boyfriend Jack. Far from society, the three runaways patrol the desert on bike and live as petty thieves.
10) The jungle book
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis, who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town's sleepy fa�cade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches. Based on the beloved children's classic book.
Publisher
Deseret Book Distributors
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Edition
LDS classic 2-disc ed.
Language
English
Description
On a tropical island, an orphan boy named Tama is "cursed" by his tribe and finds comfort in fellow outcast: Mahana, a fiesty girl shunned for her ragged appearance. When Tama sails off in search of a new life, he promises a tearful Mahana to return for her someday. Tama's journey leads him to Johnny Lingo, a wealthy trader who makes Tama his apprentice and heir. Now as Tama embraces his new life, he must learn that the measure of a man is not in...
13) Wanda Nevada
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a gambler wins an orphan in a poker game, they forge an uneasy alliance to find a legendary fortune in gold.
14) The BFG
Language
English
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In a town not so far away and a time not so long ago, baby Rose was left on the porch of Greenwoods Orphanage, where Mrs. Hartley (Nancy Stafford) and the children under her tender care become her family. But when tragedy strikes, Rose (Bailee Johnson) loses the only home she has ever known and she is abruptly shipped to Irongates--a place that seems as cold and cruel as her previous home was kind. The strict headmaster, Mr. Crampton (Edward Herrmann),...
16) Made in Abyss
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When 12-year-old Riko learns that her mother may be alive deep in the Abyss, she and her robot friend Reg decide to try to find her despite all the risks.
17) The good lie
Publisher
Alcon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.
18) Ghost goggles
Publisher
SP Releasing
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When young Nick is suddenly orphaned, he is forced to live with his cold-hearted Great Aunt Edna, but when he discovers a pair of glasses that, amazingly, enable the wearer to see ghosts, his life becomes a frightfully fun magical adventure! Excitement soars when he realizes that two blundering con men plot to steal his magic glasses!
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