The Unadoptables (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593116937)

Neil Gaiman meets Hans Christian Andersen in this delicious fairy tale full of mysterious spirits, daring escapes, and a beautiful message about the power of found families.

In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once have the Rules for Baby Abandonment been broken. Until the autumn of 1880, when five babies are left in outrageous circumstances; one in a tin toolbox, one in a coal bucket, one in a picnic hamper, one in a wheat sack, and finally, one in a coffin-shaped basket.

Those babies were Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem, and Milou. And although their cruel matron might think they're "unadoptable," they know their individuality is what makes them special--and so determined to stay together.

When a most sinister gentleman appears and threatens to tear them apart, the gang make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam. But is their real home--and their real family--already closer than they realize?

Author: Hana Tooke
ISBN-10: 0593116933
ISBN-13: 9780593116937
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2020
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509244 / Unadoptables


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2020
Booklist 04/15/2020 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 61