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Series
Red gloves series volume 1
Language
English
Description
In this powerful holiday story, a man who lost everything has his whole life changed after a little girl’s letter reminds him of the true meaning of Christmas.
Ten years later Big Earl meets Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient who believes with all her heart that "Christmas means never having to ask God how much he loves us." Gideon is determined to reach this lonely and hurting man who hates Christmas — and he...2) Roadwork
Author
Language
English
Description
The home Bart Dawes has lived in for twenty years, and the laundry plant where he works, are about to be razed to make way for a new highway extension, but Bart is not ready to go out without a bang.
6) 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.
7) Home
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two children learn from their experiences of homelessness and uncertain housing that despite their living circumstances there are aspects of their lives that remain constant.
8) Fast break
Author
Language
English
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.
10) Undertown
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Middle schoolers Timothy Murphy and Jessamyn Hazard careen downhill on a sailboat which was being towed through Manhattan and fall into the sewers, where they meet interesting characters before being caught by the evil "queen" of this underground society.
11) 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.
12) The bridge home
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.
13) The great Jeff
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jeff's life spirals downward into homelessness after his alcoholic mother loses her job.
14) Towers falling
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader D�eja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
15) Dear librarian
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
18) The gypsy game
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Six imaginative schoolmates embark on a game in which they pretend to be gypsies, but when one of the boys runs away and takes up with a group of homeless people, the game threatens to become all too real.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection...
20) The love letters
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Language
English
Description
"Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother and her family who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters"--
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