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1) Holes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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.
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Series
Yada Yada house of hope novel volume 04
Language
English
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Gabby knows God is the God of second chances. But can she give one to the man who betrayed her? When she was thrown out of the penthouse she shared with her husband and their sons, Gabby didn't know if she'd ever find a soft place to land. But after seeking refuge at the shelter where she works, extraordinary things happen as she is reintroduced to God. From the ashes of her marriage comes the House of Hope-a safe haven for homeless moms and their...
4) The gift
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Language
English
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In this modern-day fable, workaholic executive Lou Steffen shows an uncharacteristic burst of generosity towards Gabe, a homeless man who always seems to be in two places at once. With Lou's personal and professional fates at important crossroads and Christmas looming, Gabe resorts to some unorthodox methods to show his stubborn patron what truly matters and how precious the gift of time is. But can Gabe help Lou fix what's broken before it's too...
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Language
English
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Gabrielle never expected her husband to change the locks on their Chicago penthouse, cancel her credit cards, and disappear with their two boys. As her life falls apart, Gabby hits on a possibility so wild and wonderful it has to be one of the those "God things"-- but is it the answer to her prayers?
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A corporate lawyer in Washington goes to war against his own company to defend the homeless. It happens after Michael Brock is abducted by a homeless man and held hostage. The homeless man is killed by a police sharpshooter and the lawyer is rescued, but the experience changes his life. Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better;...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Annie Shirack is trying to fight her feelings for David Plank, a young Amish man who's struggling with an aggressive case of Hodgkin's lymphoma. David loves Annie too much to let her into his life, only, he fears, to leave her. When a homeless young woman named Charisma and her two-year-old daughter, Gracie, show up in Bliss Creek, Annie welcomes them into the Shirack household and tries to help them establish a new life. But all the good deeds in...
10) Monkey island
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel. He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life. Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half a loaf of bread. Fearing being placed in foster...
11) Neverwhere
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Language
English
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Description
"Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl--an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere--a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl...
12) Where do I go?
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Language
English
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Description
Gabby Fairbanks moves with her family to Chicago, where she finds a fulfilling job working at a women's shelter, but when her husband threatens her with divorce unless she quits, Gabby must call on her faith to get her through a difficult time.
15) Towers falling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
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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Language
English
Description
Kim Hopper has dedicated his career to trying to correct the problem of homelessness in the United States. In his powerful book, he draws upon his dual strengths as anthropologist and advocate to provide a deeper understanding of the roots of homelessness. He also investigates the complex attitudes brought to bear on the issue since his pioneering fieldwork with Ellen Baxter twenty years ago helped put homelessness on the public agenda.
Beginning...
17) The great Jeff
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jeff's life spirals downward into homelessness after his alcoholic mother loses her job.--
18) Mutt dog!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
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.
19) Deck the hounds
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Series
Language
English
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"Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn't usually stop to help others, but seeing a dog next to a homeless man inspires him to give the pair some money to help. It's just Andy's luck that things don't end there. Soon after Andy's encounter with them, man and dog are attacked in the middle of the night on the street. The dog defends its new owner, and the erstwhile attacker is bitten but escapes. But the dog is quarantined and the man, Don Carrigan,...
20) STAY
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Piper's life is turned upside down when her family moves into a shelter in a whole new city. She misses her house, her friends, and her privacy--and she hates being labeled the homeless girl at her new school. But while Hope House offers her new challenges, it also brings new friendships, like the girls in Firefly Girls Troop 423 and a sweet street dog named Baby. So when Baby's person goes missing, Piper knows she has to help. But helping means finding...
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