November is here, which means it’s Adoption Awareness Month!!! To celebrate, I would like to share a master list of stories that feature orphans. These are books, movies, characters, and some real people, in which the main characters’ parents have passed away. You’ll notice that there are many orphan stories, but only some of them include adoption.
- Annie— 1982, 1999, 2014
- Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer
- Cinderella
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Ella Enchanted
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A Cinderella Story
- Into the Woods
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Ever After
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Oliver Twist
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David Copperfield
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Snow White
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Tarzan
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Jungle Book
- Captain America
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Les Miserables (Cosette)
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo)
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Harry Potter
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Jane Eyre
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The Fosters
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Eyewitness (Phillip)
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Star Wars (Luke, Leia, Rey, Anakin)
- Alexander Hamilton
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King Arthur/ Morgana
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Batman
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The Book Thief (Liesel)
- Spiderman
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The Nutcracker (Clara)
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The Secret Garden (Mary)
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A Little Princess
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Kris Kringle (Santa Claus is Coming to Town)
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Meet the Robinsons (Lewis, Goob)
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The BFG (Sophie)
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Anne of Green Gables
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Peter Pan
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The Kite Runner (Sohrab)
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Heidi
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Pippi Longstocking
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
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The Outsiders
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Wizard of Oz (Dorothy)
- Aladdin
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The Little Drummer Boy
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Phantom of the Opera (Erik)
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Newsies
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Daredevil
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Frozen (Anna, Elsa, Kristoff)
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Superman
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Big Hero 6 (Hiro)
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The Little Matchstick Girl
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Samantha (American Girl)
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The Boxcar Children
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Great Expectations (Pip)
So, if you want to celebrate Adoption Awareness Month, check one of those out!!