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1) Holes
Author
Series
Language
English
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Family Road Trip
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
2) Stay
Author
Language
English
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Description
The story of a young girl living with her family in a shelter and the homeless dog she's determined to reunite with his family.
3) Shelter
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.
4) Crenshaw
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?
Author
Series
Wolf Hollow volume 1
Language
English
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Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Description
"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
Author
Language
English
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Homelessness More Books - Youth
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
NYT - Young Adult Paperback
Suicide Prevention Month - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
NYT - Young Adult Paperback
Suicide Prevention Month - Young Adults
Description
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts...
9) December
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Description
A homeless family's luck changes after they help an old woman who has even less than they do at Christmas.
10) Hold fast
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
11) The teddy bear
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Description
A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man.
12) Great joy
Author
Language
English
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Description
Just before Christmas, when Frances sees an organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop wondering where they go at night.
14) The great Jeff
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Jeff's life spirals downward into homelessness after his alcoholic mother loses her job.
16) Remembrance
Author
Language
English
Description
Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, Beatrice Powell finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man, Charles Davenport, who was driven to a life on the streets after the devastating loss of his family.
20) Runaway
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
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