num_pages: 392
description: A fantasy about the power of generosity and love and how a community suffers when they disappear. Stone-in-the-Glen once a lovely town has fallen on hard times. Fires floods and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library their school their park and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the towns problems are.Then one day a child goes missing from the Orphan House. At the Mayors suggestion all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this cant be: the Ogress along with a flock of excellent crows secretly delivers gifts to the people of Stone-in-the-Glen. But how can the Orphans tell the story of the Ogresss goodness to people who refuse to listen? And how can they make their deluded neighbors see the real villain in their midst?
language: English
title: The Ogress and the Orphans
publisher: Algonquin Young Readers