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1) 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.
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" --
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
162, [6] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school, you lose the town. But the mystery that has Ted's full attention at the moment is about that face, the face he sees in the upper window...
5) Runaway
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
250 p. 21 cm.
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.
6) The public
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Description
When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in inside the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the...
Author
Series
Wanderville volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
"When the town sheriff discovers the exact location of 'Wanderville,' the orphans who live there--Jack, Frances, Harold, Alexander, and their new friends--must flee their home in the woods"--
8) Shelter
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
In the city of Hodorf, the Tattercoats live by a strict code. Only steal what you need, don't leave a trace of yourself behind, and if another Tattercoat is in trouble, you must always help them out. These are the rules that guide Nim's life as she and her rat, Nibbles, live on the streets and the rooftops of the only place she's ever called home. So when a new boy named Otto comes to town and gets caught up in the devious plottings of a former Tattercoat...
11) Reykjavik nights
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"When a [homeless man] he met regularly on the night shift is found drowned in a ditch, no one seems to care. But his fate haunts Erlendur and drags him inexorably into the strange and dark underworld of the city"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Told in multiple voices, seventh-grader Libby sets off a chain of events that brings hope and encouragement to four different individuals across the country who are dealing with bullies, acceptance, homelessness, and grief.
13) Towers falling
Author
Formats
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Dèja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
14) Above and below
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A documentary about five homeless individuals and their lives on the margins of American society.
15) Miracle in Milan
Series
Criterion collection volume 1119
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of a good-hearted orphan in Milan, Italy, who saves his community of vagabonds from greedy developers.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
Author
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
Documents the photojournalist author's thirty-year friendship with former NFL star Jackie Wallace, describing the losses and addiction that led the three-time Super Bowl star to homelessness on the streets of New Orleans.
19) Everlasting Nora
Author
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Description
After surviving a fire in which her father dies, Nora and her mother live in a cemetery, but when her mother disappears and a loan shark steals her savings, Nora finds support from her cemetery neighbors to earn some money and search for her mother.
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