Books with title The Boy From Nowhere

Lisa, a little girl much loved by her mother, has a birthday coming soon and she knows exactly what she wants for a present . . . a teddy bear. But Lisa learns you don't always get exactly what you wish for, even when you "wish upon a star". When she first saw Earl, the Bear from Nowhere, she was disappointed. But this disappointment quickly turned into a very special friendship. And when Earl takes Lisa on an adventurous trip that reveals beauty and treasure beyond her dreams, Lisa comes to an amazing realization. She discovers there is more to happiness than receiving . . . that sometimes . . . there is more happiness in giving.

When a snotty-nose city kid loses his parents to a car crash and had to come to live at the Orphanage, Tom and Wilbert were sent down to the cellar to retrieve another bed. While they were down there, the light bulb blew. Looking over the mattress they found a door with a stream of light. Tom and Wilbert were curious for a look, but they needed to get rid of the new kid first. So they hatched a plan and decided to get even with the snotty nose kid for calling them low life commoners. They encouraged him to play war games with them and tied him up at the bottom of the orphanage. Although Tom only played war games for fun, now he was playing the real thing. Realizing he was alone and trapped hanging down in a mineshaft only by the shoelace around his waist. He had to teach himself fast, how to use a gun.He soon realized there was no easy path home and he had to fight to save his life and the life of his friend.

In the midst of practicing for their championship soccer game, Josh and his teammates notice the strange kid watching them from the sidelines. The kid says he is a goalie -- a good one. Then Josh's team's goalie breaks his nose right before the big game. Josh has to play in goal, and his team is losing badly. Then he decides that the strange kid can step into the game. The kid was right -- he's an amazing goalie, and Josh's team wins the game. The kid is gone before the celebration begins, and Josh later learns that the kid shouldn't have been playing at all -- he'd been dead for many years.Text Type: Fantasy FictionTheme/Topic: Sports, Friendship

A timely, poignant tale of family, sacrifice and the friendship between a young Syrian refugee and an American boy living in Brussels.Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed's struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he's starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy. Lonely and homesick, Max is being bothered by a bully at school, he doesn't speak a word of French, and just can't seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed's lives collide, banding the boys together to help Ahmed survive. As their friendship grows, Ahmed and Max defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave, and how hope can change your destiny. Set against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, award-winning author Katherine Marsh delivers a gripping, heartwarming story of resilience, friendship and everyday heroes.