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** In the first book, Anne's parents died when she was a baby and she wound up staying with several awful families when she wasn't in an orphanage before being adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, Marilla and Mathew, when she was 11 years old.
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** In the first book, Anne's parents died when she was a baby and she wound up staying with several awful families when she wasn't in an orphanage before being adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, Marilla and Mathew, when she was is 11 years old.
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** In the seventh book, ''Rainbow Valley'', the orphaned Mary Vance initially lives with Mrs. Wiley, an abusive woman, until she runs away and is eventually taken in by Miss Cornelia.
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* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'':
** In the first book, Anne's parents died when she was a baby and she wound up staying with several awful families when she wasn't in an orphanage before being adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, Marilla and Mathew, when she was 11 years old.
** The second book, ''Anne of Avonlea'', has a small subplot of Marilla taking in orphaned fraternal twins Dora and Davy Keith.
** In the first book, Anne's parents died when she was a baby and she wound up staying with several awful families when she wasn't in an orphanage before being adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, Marilla and Mathew, when she was 11 years old.
** The second book, ''Anne of Avonlea'', has a small subplot of Marilla taking in orphaned fraternal twins Dora and Davy Keith.
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* ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon'': Emily's mother died long before the start of the story and her father's death at the beginning results in her having to live with her aunt Elizabeth, aunt Laura, and cousin Jimmy.
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* ''Literature/{{Quarters}}'': Vree and Bannon's mother had died when they were young (she was a soldier). Their father may have been too, they don't know, and Vree expresses indifference as to where he went since the Army was their family after that. [[spoiler:It turns out Neegan, their trainer, is the pair's father. Like Vree, he maintains that assassins have no family but the Army.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Quarters}}'': Vree and Bannon's mother had died when they were young (she was a soldier). Their father may have been too, they don't know, and Vree expresses indifference as to where he went since the Army was their family after that. [[spoiler:It turns out Neegan, their trainer, is the pair's father. Like Vree, he maintains that assassins have no family but the Army. Vree later kills Neegan defending Bannon and herself from him, as he'd been ordered to kill both of them for desertion.]]
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* ''Literature/FairestOfAll'': Mahon's parents, believing him to be a faerie changeling, leave him in the forest and tell him to never come back. He sits and stares at the leaves until he's discovered by an actual faerie queen, who takes him as her slave.
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* ''Literature/FairestOfAll'': "Literature/FairestOfAll": Mahon's parents, believing him to be a faerie changeling, leave him in the forest and tell him to never come back. He sits and stares at the leaves until he's discovered by an actual faerie queen, who takes him as her slave.
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* ''Literature/NoryRyansSong'': A two-fold example for Nory, as her father is far away at work in Galway and her mother died in childbirth years ago.
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* ''Literature/BellePratersBoy'': The titular Belle Prater disappeared before the events of the book. Her son, Woodrow, has come up with numerous stories and theories about what might have happened to his mother (all of them clearly made up). But, as he eventually reveals to his cousin Gypsy, he's known the truth all along: his mother simply left him behind, and he may never know why.
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* Bobby's family disappears in the first ''Literature/{{Pendragon}}'' book, and the only explanation given by Bobby's new father-figure, Uncle Press, is that Bobby will see them again. The other Travelers with mentioned parents were raised by the generation of Travelers before them, who generally die somewhere in the series. An exception is Spader's mother, who disappears the same way Bobby's family did. [[spoiler: Uncle Press]] kicks the bucket in ''The Lost City of Faar''. [[spoiler: However, he does come back in the last chapter of ''Raven Rise''.]] Also in ''Raven Rise'', [[spoiler: several of the Travelers, who Bobby thinks of as his brothers or family, die. And then come back at the end magically along with Press. Mark and Courtney are assumed dead, though they turn out to be alive in the final book.]]
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* ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'': Bobby's family disappears in the first ''Literature/{{Pendragon}}'' book, and the only explanation given by Bobby's new father-figure, Uncle Press, is that Bobby will see them again. The other Travelers with mentioned parents were raised by the generation of Travelers before them, who generally die somewhere in the series. An exception is Spader's mother, who disappears the same way Bobby's family did. [[spoiler: Uncle [[spoiler:Uncle Press]] kicks the bucket in ''The Lost City of Faar''. [[spoiler: However, [[spoiler:However, he does come back in the last chapter of ''Raven Rise''.]] Also Also, in ''Raven Rise'', [[spoiler: several [[spoiler:several of the Travelers, who Bobby thinks of as his brothers or family, die. And then come back at the end magically along with Press. Mark and Courtney are assumed dead, though they turn out to be alive in the final book.]]book]].
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* In ''Literature/KingdomKeepers'', Maybeck lives with his aunt Jelly. When Finn questions him on where his parents are, he only responds that they "aren't around," prompting Finn to drop the issue.
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* In ''Literature/KingdomKeepers'', ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'':
** Maybeck lives with his aunt Jelly. When Finn questions him on where his parents are, he only responds that they "aren't around," prompting Finn to drop the issue.
** Maybeck lives with his aunt Jelly. When Finn questions him on where his parents are, he only responds that they "aren't around," prompting Finn to drop the issue.
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* ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'': The Dumbar brothers. Their mother dies and their father abandons them, so they have to manage on their own, even though the oldest [[CharacterNarrator Matthew]] is barely 18.
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* ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'': ''Literature/BridgeOfClay'': The Dumbar brothers. Their mother dies and their father abandons them, so they have to manage on their own, even though the oldest [[CharacterNarrator Matthew]] is barely 18.
