Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Erik is homeless	Keith Elliot Greenberg	A photographic essay about a nine-year-old boy who is homeless in New York City.	OL14919450W
Street kids	R. Barri Flowers	"This book explores the problem of street kids in America. Precipitating factors that lead to homelessness are explored. These children often become the victims of sexual exploitation by pimps, prost…	OL15520358W
I was a rat!	Philip Pullman	A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.	OL15837360W
Blue	Danielle Steel	When her husband and son are killed in a car accident days before Christmas, Ginny Carter tries to avoid her grief by becoming involved in human rights work in New York.	OL17356837W
The cure for modern life	Lisa Tucker	Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. They're kept in balance only by Matthew's best and oldest frie…	OL17667194W
Children of the knight	Michael J. Bowler	According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles?	OL17690727W
Give Me the Child	Mel McGrath	328 pages ; 24 cm	OL18818851W
Yiza	Michael Köhlmeier	111 pages ; 20 cm	OL19733990W
Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut	Michael Köhlmeier	In a big city, somewhere in western Europe, a small child appears at a market. Where did she come from? Why is she here? What is her name? She doesn't know, and she doesn't understand a word of the l…	OL20051118W
Cybercats	Garry Douglas Kilworth	"Life in the city is tough, but it's even tougher with a deadly criminal out to get you. Hotwire and Blindboy think they've put the evil Mouseman away in prison for good - but little do they know, he…	OL20829020W
No place at the table	Phyllis J. Agness	"According to the Institute for Children and Poverty and other reliable sources, every night over one million children in the United States are homeless. This is a devastatingly large problem, yet h…	OL22353138W
Hitchhikers	Bernard Poduska	In this candid and unflinching memoir, Brigham Young University Professor Bernard Poduska portrays his young fight for survival on the streets, his triumphant rise among the ranks of BYU's most disti…	OL23217039W
Let's talk about staying in a shelter	Elizabeth Weitzman	Briefly describes various kinds of shelters for people without permanent homes and discusses how to deal with living in one.	OL2627964W
Only one toy allowed	Sharon Ottenbreit	A teddy bear is abandoned when the little girl who owns him becomes homeless and can bring only one toy with her to the shelter. This book also includes a fund-raising idea called the Abandoned Child…	OL27311892W
No angels	Robert Swindells	The stories of two youngsters drawn into crime: Nikki, in the present day, and Nick, living in the middle of the 19th century. The parallels between their circumstances, and the reactions of society,…	OL29255857W
Tales of Pruit Almus	Robert Belenky	"Tales of Pruit Almus describes how this home has become a monument to the spirited and humane way to raise children who are in need. Pruit Almus is a model of what may be possile for the United Stat…	OL31195027W
Lives turned upside down	Jim Hubbard	Two girls and two boys, ages nine to twelve, talk about their own personal experiences with homelessness and life in shelters.	OL3255404W
The Name of the Wind	Patrick Rothfuss	The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kin…	OL8479867W
Skids	Cathleen With	Skid row: an impoverished neighbourhood, a phrase originating in the Depression era. Skids: tire marks in the street. Skids: street kids. The stories told in Skids are elegiac confessions of the s…	OL9808551W