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2) Neverwhere
Author
Series
London Below volume 1
Language
English
Description
A man goes to the aid of woman pursued by assassins and discovers an alternative City of London, a subterranean, medieval world populated by "people who fell through the cracks" from the real city above. A fantasy tale, replete with demons and wizards. By the author of The Sandman.
3) Tyrell
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
Author
Language
English
Description
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was...
Author
Language
English
Description
Chester, a homeless man, "sees" Francesca Dunn, an adolescent girl, hovering over the river, bathed in celestial light. As word spreads, hordes of followers converge and Francesca is trapped by a storm of fervent belief and doubt, the relentless and perpetual desire for salvation and possible miracles, and those who want to take advantage of anything that may bring a profit.
7) Almost home
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Seven teens who live on the streets of Los Angeles and who each have their own hard-luck story, form their own dysfunctional family, complete with love and belonging, abuse and betrayal.
Author
Series
Blade novels (Tim Bowler) volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.
Author
Series
Blade novels (Tim Bowler) volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Badly injured, fourteen-year-old Blade must continue to use his exceptional "street smarts" and waning strength to outsmart dangerous thugs while he considers surrendering to the police to face the consequences of a past he has tried to forget.
11) No and me
Author
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Precocious thirteen-year-old Lou meets a homeless eighteen-year-old girl on the streets of Paris and Lou's life is forever changed.
12) Saving Red
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica's annual homeless count, just to get her school's community service requirement out of the way. But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult--because Red refuses to...
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