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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. They're kept in balance only by Matthew's best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science superstar--and Amelia's new boyfriend. But when Matthew finds himself on a desolate bridge face-to-face with a boy screaming for help, that delicate balance begins to crumble."--From publisher description.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills-until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident-and wrestling...
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"Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xxvi, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets. Each eventually finds his or her way to Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless and runaway youth in North America. From the son of a crack addict who fights his own descent into drug addiction to a teen mother reaching for a new life, their stories veer between devastating and inspiring as...
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"Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom had experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of people are forced...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 2
Description
"Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
4 CDs (ca. 3 hr., 46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twelve-year-old Crispin has lived on the streets since he was nine, with only his wits and his daring to sustain him, and only his silent dog, Harley, to call his friend. The city he roams has things unexplainable and maybe unimaginable; Crispin has seen ghosts in the dead of night, and sensed dimensions beyond reason in broad daylight. Hints of things disturbing and strange nibble at the edges of his existence.
Publisher
Distributed exclusively in Canada by Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Based on the inspirational true story of eight-year-old Zach Bonner on his quest to change the world with nothing more than his beat-up red wagon and a blazing spirit of philanthropy. When Zach sets out to help homeless children in America in the wake of Hurricane Charley, by walking from his house in Tampa, Florida to the White House, he must overcome bureaucrats and blisters and capture the hearts of his fractured family and the entire nation.
10) Central Station
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The red shoes: This is the story of Lisa, a little black girl who learns the value of friendship with help from a pair of magic slippers. The little match girl: This is the story of Angela, a homeless child who sells match sticks to survive.
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty,violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever is...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he is tracked down by a man he's never met -- a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls,...
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