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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"There are 150 million people experiencing homelessness worldwide, and that number is increasing every year. Homelessness is not a choice, yet it exists in almost every community. But why are people homeless? Who are they? What can you do? In Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community, readers will get answers to these complex questions. They'll learn about the root causes of homelessness and its effects, and what people and organizations around the world...
5) Pretty baby
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Language
English
Description
She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head... Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit, takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and...
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English
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Edge of belonging volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-time narrative, Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale but soon discovers her grandmother left behind more than trinkets and photo frames--she provided a path to the truth behind Ivy's adoption"-- Provided by publisher.
When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she discovers her grandmother left behind more than trinkets and photo frames. She provided a path to the truth behind Ivy's adoption--...
11) The good heart
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse.
13) Haiku
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Abandoning his duties as a sensei after his reckless arrogance causes the death of a protégée, the war-weary Ho slowly attracts a motley band of followers before launching a desperate blackmail scheme that is complicated by the planned destruction of abuilding.
14) The encampment
Author
Series
Miss Oliver's volume 3
Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"There are only two rules at Miss Oliver's School for Girls that lead to automatic expulsion: stealing, and permitting a male who is not a family member into a dormitory. The head of school's daughter breaks both when she meets a homeless man on the street. The third installment of the Miss Oliver's School for Girls series, The Encampment follows high school senior Sylvia Bickham as learns to navigate between the rules of society and the morals of...
Series
Publisher
New York Times Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Homelessness is a visible problem in big cities, and a largely invisible one in small towns and rural areas. This issue involves serious consequences for those living on the streets, in tent cities, or in their cars. Homeless people deal with unsanitary conditions, crimes inflicted against them, and an array of mental, emotional, and physical health problems. Homelessness affects young and old, single people and entire families, veterans, and LGBTQ+...
17) No fixed address
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Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.
18) Gideon's gift
Author
Series
Red gloves series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Bitter and grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and daughter, Earl Gibson has lost his faith in God and lives homeless on the street, until he encounters Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient determined to reach out to him.
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