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1) Mr. Stink
Author
Language
English
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Description
The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.
"Mr. Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well..."
It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr. Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.
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2) Almost home
Author
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
5) Stranded
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Series
Language
English
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Description
After a string of bad luck, Kipp takes a woman up on her generous offer of free room and board, but he soon learns that things are not as they seem.
7) December
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A homeless family's luck changes after they help an old woman who has even less than they do at Christmas.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Valli's life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows and the only sight that fills her with terror are the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks the lepers. No matter how hard her life is, she tells herself, at least she will never be one of them.
10) Still a family
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little girl describes how, despite being homeless, her mom, her dad, and she are still a family"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Fitzgerald-Trouts volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The Fitzgerald-Trouts are four barely related siblings living together in a small car on a lush tropical island, but when they begin to outgrow their small vehicle, they must band together to find a new home
12) Born behind bars
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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.
13) No fixed address
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
14) Dark water
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Living in a cottage on her uncle's southern California avocado ranch since her parent's messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with an illegal migrant worker, and is trapped with him when wildfires approach his makeshift forest home.
15) Shelter
Author
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.
16) Great joy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
17) City of orphans
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Tina and two friends leave Kenya and slip into the Congo, from where she and her mother fled years before, seeking revenge for her mother's murder but uncovering startling secrets.
20) I am a bear
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.
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