Paint The Wind
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, eleven-year-old Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters Artemisia, a wild mare that her mother once rode.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 74
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: self-actualization (psychology) [X], ranch life, family, horses, orphans [X], families [X], self-realization, family life, audiobooks
Eight Keys
When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: self-realization, middle schools, school stories, friendship, family life, self-actualization (psychology) [X], schools, orphans [X], families [X], family