Homeless persons
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Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book
$7.99 Add to cartThe second book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is great for fans of the Keena Ford, Judy Moody, and Magnificent Mya Tibbs series and includes illustrations by Core… [more below]
- Series: Dyamonde Daniel Book #2
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0425288544
- Language: English
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Frankie Finds the Blues
$17.99 Read moreAfter attending a concert with his grandmother, Frankie finds his guitar, determined to learn to fingerpick and, with the help of a homeless man, begins to play the blues.
- Author: Harper, Joel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: January 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0971425477
- Language: English
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Burntown
$19.00 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People comes a novel of edge-of-your-seat suspense starring a group of misfits trying to outsmart a killer in small-town Vermont.
On the surface… [more below]- Author: McMahon, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1101971851
- Language: English
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Hinamatsuri Volume 5
$11.95 Read moreShe cries. She smiles. She’s the other psychokinetic girl we’ve come to know!
Anzu continues to enjoy an impoverished, yet delightful, life with her homeless compatriots. But when the park they all ca… [more below]- Series: Hinamatsuri #5
- Author: Ohtake, Masao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1642730319
- Language: English
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The Box-Car Children
$6.99 Add to cartFour orphans — Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny — discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work. They also enter a world of freedom and adventure. When… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Evergreen Classics
- Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0486843386
- Language: English
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The Teddy Bear
$9.99 Read moreThe little boy and his teddy bear were always together. Every night, when the little boy went to sleep, his teddy bear was right there next to him. When the little boy went on a trip, his teddy bear
- Author: McPhail, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805078827
- Language: English
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Ragged Company
$19.00 Add to cartFour chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one… [more below]
- Author: Wagamese, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0385256949
- Language: English
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Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness
$17.99 Read moreNew York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2017
A family has fallen on hard times and are living in different homeless shelters. But even though they are separate, they are still a family.A little gi
- Author: Reeves Sturgis, Brenda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0807577073
- Language: English
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The Park Cleanup
$22.65 Read moreJ.C. loves the park and helping people! So when he sees his local park is in need of a cleanup, he comes up with a plan. But he’ll need help. Can J.C. find enough volunteers to make his plan a success… [more below]
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484680928
- Language: English
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The Bridge Home
$17.99 Add to cart“Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of… [more below]
- Author: Venkatraman, Padma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1524738115
- Language: English
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Born Behind Bars
$17.99 Add to cart“Venkatraman has never met a heavy theme she did not like….Borrowing elements of fable, it’s told with a recurring sense of awe by a boy whom the world, for most of his life, has existed only in sto… [more below]
- Author: Venkatraman, Padma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593112474
- Language: English
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Kit: Turning Things Around
$7.99 Read moreFor Kit, the Depression has brought big changes: a houseful of boarders, tons of chores, and no birthday party. Then Aunt Millie arrives, and it looks as if her great ideas might turn things around fo… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371593
- Language: English
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The In-Between
$8.99 Add to cartFor fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse with “stellar writing [and] perfect pacing” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) chroni… [more below]
- Author: Van Heidrich, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 295
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1665920130
- Language: English
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Carry Me Home
$18.99 Read more“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” –Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky
Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secre- Author: Fox, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1534485082
- Language: English
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Almost Home
$9.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor winner Joan Bauer’s new novel will touch your heart
When twelve-year-old Sugar’s grandfather dies and her gambling father takes off yet again, Sugar and her mother lose their home in Mis- Author: Bauer, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0142427489
- Language: English
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Sami’s Special Gift: An Eid Al-Adha Story
$17.99 Add to cart“Sami receives one of his grandfather’s ties as an Eid al-Adha gift and makes some important decisions.”–
- Author: Yuksel, M. O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1623542960
- Language: English
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Sorta Like a Rock Star
$19.99 Add to cartComing to Netflix this summer as a major motion picture called ALL TOGETHER NOW
Juno meets Stargirl in this fresh and funny yet heartbreaking novel
Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her mom’s b… [more below]- Author: Quick, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0316043532
- Language: English
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Spin Cycles
$10.00 Add to cartBrilliant, homeless and nearly invisible, a young man wanders through Boston, looking for meaning and hope. Extreme mood swings and an unusual outlook on life make it impossible for him to thrive in m
- Series: Gemma Open Door
- Author: Coe, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: October 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1936846470
- Language: English
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Pitch Black
$17.95 Read moreIn this short graphic novel, acclaimed author Youme joins with Anthony Horton to tell the true story of how Anthony lived and created art underneath the New York City subway system.
“On the subway, do
- Author: Horton, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1643796569
- Language: English
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The Way It Works
$10.95 Add to cartWalter Davis is young, handsome, intelligent, dynamic, personable and homeless.
The product of a bi-racial marriage but abandoned by his father as a young child, he prides himself on three things: his
- Series: Rapid Reads
- Author: Kowalski, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1554693675
- Language: English
