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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A deejay who finds himself penniless is plucked from disaster by a homeless history professor, who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Together they begin a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail.
3) Almost home
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
264 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
5) I see you
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"A wordless picture book that depicts a homeless woman who is not seen by all the life around her, except by a little boy. Ultimately, in a gesture of compassion, this boy approaches this woman, in an exchange where he sees her and she experiences being seen"--
7) The can man
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
9) Mr. Stink
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
265 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
After Chloe gets to know Mr. Stink, she tries to help him out by letting him live in the garden shed, but when her father also tries to hide a secret, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation.
10) The advocates
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over half a million people are homeless in the United States; 25% of whom are in California. Amid public outcry over the ballooning homeless population in Los Angeles, nearly 54,000 people on any given night three advocates with three different organizations show what the lost ideal of 'care in the community' looks like amid a changing policy landscape. Intensely human and humanizing, the film provides a sweeping look at the historic and current causes...
11) Great joy
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Description
Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.
12) Just gone
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Series
Formats
Description
Angelique's work at a homeless shelter takes a strange turn when she encounters seven-year-old Jamal and his fantastic stories about a mysterious character named Jacky Wacky who looks out for vulnerable children.
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...
15) The bridge home
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.
16) Inhabited
Author
Formats
Description
Meg Mogrin sells pricey houses, belongs to the mayor's inner circle, and knows more than she's letting on about her sister's death. Isaac Samson lives in a tent and believes Thomas Edison invented the Reagan presidency. When their town attracts a game-changing development, Isaac is displaced by the town's crackdown on vagrancy. As Isaac struggles to regain stability, Meg contends with conflicting roles of assisting the developer while serving on the...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
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.
18) I am another you
Publisher
Music Video Distributors
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows a young drifter named Dylan who left a comfortable home to intentionally become homeless.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
543 pages ; 24 cm
Description
2052. Cuthbert Handley, a homeless man, sets out to release the animals of the London Zoo. Believing he inherited a magical ability to communicate with the animal world, he is certain he will be reunited with his lost brother and bring about the coming of a Lord of Animals by doing so. Meanwhile the rest of the world anxiously anticipates the rise of a suicide cult set on destroying the world's animals along with themselves. Has Cuthbert set the animals...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xv, 248 pages ; 26 cm
Formats
Description
"Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter's policies and training materials" --
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