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1) Almost home
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
3) Runaway
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Maddy Donaldo, a homeless woman who has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended"--
7) Holes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
8) Tyrell
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
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.
9) Hold fast
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
10) Neverwhere
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman's first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent. Over the years, various versions have been produced around the world. In 2016, this gorgeously illustrated edition of the novel was released in the UK. It is now available here, and features strikingly atmospheric, painstakingly detailed black-and-white line art by Chris Riddell, one of Gaiman's favorite artistic interpreters of his work." -- Amazon.com
"Richard...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
14) Undertown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
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.
15) Born behind bars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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.
18) Great joy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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.
19) Girl in pieces
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts...
20) Towers falling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Dèja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
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