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2) Almost home
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
3) December
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A homeless family's luck changes after they help an old woman who has less than they do at Christmas.
Author
Series
Priscilla volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The second of a four part series of chapter books for elementary school children and their grownups, Priscilla and the Snow Fort traces the steps of five young people and their beloved Priscilla. Personal stories unfold. Characters expand. And the troubling reality of loving folks experiencing homelessness become clear. This adorable book takes the reader on a gentle journey through some pretty tough real life terrain." -- Amazon.com summary.
Author
Series
Priscilla volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The final installment in a four part series about an enchantingly lovable woman who lives in a park. Priscilla, her friends and their parents expose - in smaller more digestible bites - the truth about homelessness and just how difficult it is to overcome. This fourth book shows how Priscilla and her friends deal with powerful people - those who care and those who do harm." -- Amazon.com summary.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother live in a car and are trying to get to Los Angeles where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting, but even after finding a stray dog, Opin's longing for a stable home intensifies as his brother's reckless ways hit a new high.
8) 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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
There are 150 million people experiencing homelessness worldwide, and that number is increasing every year. Homelessness is not a choice, yet it exists in almost every community. But why are people homeless? Who are they? What can you do? In Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community, readers will get answers to these complex questions. They'll learn about the root causes of homelessness and its effects, and what people and organizations around the world...
12) Aunt Pearl
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family. Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules....
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Language
English
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Description
Since the devastating loss of her son, Danielle Steel has been dedicated to helping the homeless of San Francisco - taking to the streets herself with a small team of friends to directly provide much needed resources, from food and clothing to bedding and toiletries. Now, the notoriously private author is offering a gift far more enduring - that of her voice, in a heartfelt call for more effective action to aid this vast, tragic population. Here is...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
Stereotypes tell us it's easy to spot the homeless-after all, life on the street tends to leave a mark on people. But is a "homeless profile" really meaningful? In today's economy a man in a business suit might well be living in his car; and besides, to those in society's upper echelons, homelessness is often invisible. This program offers a profound exploration of homelessness, focusing on factors like addiction, financial hardship, mental illness,...
16) The love letters
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother and her family who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters"--
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Priscilla volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The third book in a four-part series, Priscilla and her following of loving school children are divided when their little world falls under the grip of the global COVID-19 pandemic. How do kids learn? How do people survive - housed or otherwise - when it's not safe to be near each other? This fanciful tale of Priscilla and her friends delves deep into the reality students faced starting in 2020 and continuing through the following school year. Parks,...
19) The teddy bear
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man.
20) Of mice and men
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Series
Language
English
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A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan:...
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