* This book is about the plans of a mother to marry off her five daughters. Only two of her daughters are /happily/ married by the end of the book. It takes place in England, in the early 1800's.
* An orphaned goes through a difficult childhood. She then becomes the governess of a French child, and falls in love with the child's guardian. When she finds out he was already married to a mad woman, she runs away, only to return later and fall back in love.
* A red-haired orphan goes to live on Prince Edward Island with a brother and sister who live on a farm. She has a very large imagination and a quick temper. This book is about her as she grows up.
* An orphan (yes, another) goes to live with her uncle, of whom she is afraid of. She finds a crippled cousin, a boy who loves nature, and a locked-up garden.
* This book is about a boy who goes on a journey with several 'good guys' and several sailors-turned-pirates to find a buried treasure.