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1) Mutt dog!
Author
Pub. Date
2005, 2004.
Language
English
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Description
A lonely dog finally finds a home after he makes friends with a woman who works at a homeless shelter.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Millions of Americans struggle with poverty every day. The United States prides itself on being the land of opportunity, yet many disagree about why so many Americans have struggled to meet their basic needs. This book looks at the challenges surrounding poverty in America today, and explores the legal, political, social, and economic solutions, including food stamps, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, that have been proposed to remedy the problem....
3) Holes
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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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The word "homelessness" comes with many expectations, and often those ideas are incorrect, based on outdated stereotypes. This "hidden story" digs deeper into the issue of homelessness, examining the real reasons that people, both individuals and families, are often forced to live on the streets. It connects with readers in a very real way, with photos and statistics that show that anyone can become homeless under certain circumstances. It also discusses...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"[This book] explores the realities of people living with inadequate resources [and] addresses mental illness, homelessness and refugee status as they are connected to this issue ... [Includes a] section on how kids can help empowers readers to take what they have learned and use it to make a difference"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on the author's own car dwelling experience and extensive research, Car Living When There's No Other Choice: Tips & Strategies for Survival & Safety is a book of resources to help people whose living situations have taken a short-term turn for the worse, who have never previously lived in a vehicle, and who need vital information to help them ride out the storm successfully until circumstances change. Thousands of people worldwide have safely...
7) 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.
8) 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?
10) Still a family
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Despite living in separate shelters, a little girl and her parents find time to be together, demonstrating that even in the most trying of times they are still a loving and committed family.
12) Stay
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English
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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.
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English
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"This simple, touching picture book shows readers a women's shelter through the eyes of a young girl, who, with her mother's help, uses her imagination to overcome her anxiety and adjust. Includes factual endnotes detailing various reasons people experience homelessness and the resources available to help."--Publisher's website
14) The gift
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In this modern-day fable, workaholic executive Lou Steffen shows an uncharacteristic burst of generosity towards Gabe, a homeless man who always seems to be in two places at once. With Lou's personal and professional fates at important crossroads and Christmas looming, Gabe resorts to some unorthodox methods to show his stubborn patron what truly matters and how precious the gift of time is. But can Gabe help Lou fix what's broken before it's too...
15) The tinderbox
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Laurence Schofield's world was torn apart when his teenage daughter vanished. No trace was ever found. But six years later, a TV crew filming in London records a few seconds' footage of a girl who just could be her. Schofield heads for the capital. But this isn't the London of the tourist brochures: it's the Tinderbox, an area of dangerous dereliction where the homeless have created an alternative society with its own rules.
16) A dog on his own
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English
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After a daring escape from the animal shelter, Pearl, Peppy, and K-10--so named because he is one step above all the other canines--explore the outside world while moving from one adventure to another.
17) The gypsy game
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
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Description
Six imaginative schoolmates embark on a game in which they pretend to be gypsies, but when one of the boys runs away and takes up with a group of homeless people, the game threatens to become all too real.
18) The can man
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
After watching a homeless man collect empty soft drink cans for the redemption money, a young boy decides to collect cans himself to earn money for a skateboard until he has a change of heart.
19) Rich
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
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