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The Happy Orpheline (original 1957; edition 1987)

by Natalie Savage Carlson, Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Series: Orphelines (1)

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When the girls of the French orphanage visit the dog cemetery, Brigitte gets left behind and has an adventure with a woman whose husband is a pretender to the French throne.

English | Primary description for language | score: 5

Brigitte, happy in a French orphanage, tries to avoid being adopted. Two sequels are: A Grandmother for the Orphelines (1980); The Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle (1988).

English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2

Twenty orphan girls are so happy together that they do not want to be adopted--and will do just about anything to prevent it

English | score: 1

When Brigitte gets left behind on the way home from a visit to the dog cemetery, she is taken in by an old woman who wants to adopt her. Brigitte tries to change the old woman's mind by proving she is a wicked little girl.

English | score: 1

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Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

823.91Literature › English & Old English literatures › English fiction › 1900- › 1901-1999

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PZ7.C2167Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Juvenile belles lettres

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