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1) Mutt dog!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely dog finally finds a home after he makes friends with a woman who works at a homeless shelter.
2) Homelessness
Author
Series
Publisher
New Discovery Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Examines the phenomenon of homelessness, from its first recorded appearance in 448 B.C. to the present world-wide crisis.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.
Author
Publisher
The Evansville Christian Life Center
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
"Jeremiah had quite an adventure discovering a world beyond the walls of his village, Cheddarton. Through the process he also discovered a friend, a flood, and that 'when we work together we all get better.' Join him in this picture book designed to spark family discussions on poverty"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity--
How to end homelessness in America: a must-read guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity.
A deeply humanizing analysis that will change the way you think about poverty and homelessness—for the socially engaged reader of Isabel Wilkerson's Caste and Matthew Desmond's Evicted.
Think...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn't...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin. Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around and fast. The Positron...
13) The lunch thief
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rafael is angry that a new student is stealing lunches, but he takes time to learn what the real problem is before acting.
14) Poor Folk
Author
Language
English
Description
Financial difficulties resulting from an extravagant lifestyle and excessive gambling led Fyodor Dostoevsky to pen his first novel "Poor Folk". First published in 1846, "Poor Folk" is the story of impoverished cousins Varvara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin. The two live in run-down apartments across the street from each other in St. Petersburg. Through a series of letters to each other we learn of the suffering, humiliation, and isolation that results...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter's policies and training materials" --
17) Jericho alley
Author
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Jericho Alley is the exciting story about a kind-hearted dog, Jello and his human friend, Sam. The pair spend their days roaming the streets, but when the temperatures are expected to drop dramatically, they search for shelter. While Sam can find shelter, ...
18) No man's ghost
Author
Publisher
Agora Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Charles Davids is a probationary firefighter working his first week out of the academy. For Charles, quietly battling his lack of confidence is a daily challenge as his new officers coach him on life as a New York City firefighter. The men love to tease and prank the new guy, but when it comes to drilling and training, they’re clear that the job is no joke. As is said in the fire service: let no man’s ghost return to say my training let me down....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What does it mean to be poor? For decades, the dominant narrative in the UK and US has been that it is caused by personal flaws or 'bad life decisions'. People are 'lazy', 'dependent' and 'irresponsible'. This 'story' has become embedded in the public consciousness with serious ramifications for how financially vulnerable people are seen, spoken about and treated. Drawing on a two-year story-telling project and her own experience of childhood poverty,...
20) Street Images II
Author
Language
English
Description
In this work Street Images, we are struck by the passion of the persons who speak through a variety of their lived experiences. One poet, who titles his or her poem, Anonymous, says: So do not ask Why we pass unknown... It is enough that we blaze.... These work are from many who have been "On the Street" and "Behind Closed Doors." There's real pain, real joy, real triumph and real defeat in these writings....
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