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1) Almost home
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
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Language
English
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"William Boyd seems singularly blessed with both an innate love of storytelling and the talent to render those stories in swift, confident prose." -The New York Times
From William Boyd, award-winning author of Brazzaville Beach and Restless, comes a stunning literary mystery about crime and punishment: Ordinary Thunderstorms. One of the most accomplished writers of our time, Boyd has written a profound and gripping novel about the fragility of social...
3) Crenshaw
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary"--
7) Fast break
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Language
English
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Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Language
English
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Be Kind: Books for School-Age Kids
Book Club Kits: Fourth to Sixth Grade Choices
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Stories of Resilience
Book Club Kits: Fourth to Sixth Grade Choices
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Stories of Resilience
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Description
Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.
11) Holes
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Language
English
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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.
13) Still a family
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
A little girl describes how, despite being homeless, her mom, her dad, and she are still a family.
16) Great joy
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Language
English
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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
18) Hold fast
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Language
English
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Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
20) Born behind bars
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.
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