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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,152,007 ratings — published 1908
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,771,271 ratings — published 1997
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,405,763 ratings — published 1847
Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.20 — 471,004 ratings — published 2013
Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.98 — 116,800 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,021,653 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,654,566 ratings — published 1998
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.03 — 584,967 ratings — published 1999
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.22 — 191,437 ratings — published 2007
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,334,704 ratings — published 1911
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
by (shelved 16 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.05 — 214,736 ratings — published 1880
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,332,278 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,220,645 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,911,361 ratings — published 2003
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.88 — 436,862 ratings — published 1838
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,763,197 ratings — published 2005
Pictures of Hollis Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.03 — 30,920 ratings — published 2002
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.95 — 215,877 ratings — published 2000
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,970,041 ratings — published 2005
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.15 — 570,943 ratings — published 2008
A Little Princess (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 334,981 ratings — published 1905
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.04 — 527,608 ratings — published 1961
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 539,824 ratings — published 1982
Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.13 — 89,242 ratings — published 2013
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,148,997 ratings — published 2012
The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.24 — 113,730 ratings — published 2012
Maniac Magee (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.90 — 129,547 ratings — published 1990
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.02 — 250,883 ratings — published 1999
The Cider House Rules (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,582 ratings — published 1985
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,093,316 ratings — published 2020
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,071,215 ratings — published 2006
The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.60 — 14,208 ratings — published 2006
The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.18 — 142,369 ratings — published 1983
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,292,170 ratings — published 2020
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,662,893 ratings — published 2012
Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.13 — 78,082 ratings — published 1912
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.86 — 188,694 ratings — published 2000
David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.05 — 265,859 ratings — published 1850
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.46 — 893,983 ratings — published 2022
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.22 — 861,365 ratings — published 1862
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,779,642 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,858,830 ratings — published 2018
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.23 — 234,812 ratings — published 1909
The Thief Lord (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.99 — 103,689 ratings — published 2000
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,963,424 ratings — published 2013
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.14 — 141,508 ratings — published 1924
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,033,790 ratings — published 2012
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.02 — 177,814 ratings — published 2000
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 4.20 — 179,413 ratings — published 2007
A Single Shard (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as orphan)
avg rating 3.95 — 43,509 ratings — published 2001
“I wrestled with being fatherless. Finally, I dismissed the idea of needing a father and embraced an orphan identity. I found a cold kind of peace in deciding I wouldn’t expect anyone to help me. I would protect myself, provide for myself, and decide for myself what was right and wrong. But all the boundaries I made were dotted lines, always shifting and changing with the wind. As an orphan I not only had to be God for myself but I also felt the need to be God for every other orphan I came across. When I failed myself and others one too many times, I wanted to die.
When you think of yourself as God, you can condemn yourself and others in the most hellish ways. When you have God as your father, you can rest in his goodness, sovereignty, and justice. But if there is no God, you must be the judge.”
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When you think of yourself as God, you can condemn yourself and others in the most hellish ways. When you have God as your father, you can rest in his goodness, sovereignty, and justice. But if there is no God, you must be the judge.”
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“On Jeju, we had a saying: If there is happiness at age three, it will last until you reach eighty. I belived this to be true. Mi-ja, on the other hand, often said, "I was born on a day with no sun and no moon. Did my parents know how hard my life would be?" We could not have been more different and yet we were very close.”
― The Island of Sea Women
― The Island of Sea Women
