https://pithybooks.com/tags/orphans/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “orphans”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:10 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/oliver-twist/ https://pithybooks.com/books/oliver-twist/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bad-beginning/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bad-beginning/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Caseworker Linus Baker inspects an orphanage of dangerous magical children and finds a family instead. https://pithybooks.com/books/anne-of-green-gables/ https://pithybooks.com/books/anne-of-green-gables/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT L. M. Montgomery brings talkative Anne Shirley to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, where mistakes, school rivalries, and fierce friendship slowly turn Avonlea into home.