Written by Ted Gottfried This book provides a history of homelessness in America, a description of the various segments of the homelss population and the accompanying political and social issues that homelessness raises.
Homelessness: Whose Problem Is it? (Issue and Debate) Nneka Bennett (Illustrator), Melrose Cooper (Author) A young African-American boy’s family works together to find creative solutions to the shortage of money at the end of the week before the mother’s next payday. Jeannine Atkins (Author), Hector Viveros Lee (Illustrator) A young Puerto Rican-American girl competes in her first swim meet while her parents proudly watch. Keith Elliot Greenberg (Author), Carol Halebian (Illustrator) A day in the life of a homeless child. When Manny decides to slip into America, the two meet – and discover endless new possibilities. On the other side is Vietnam war veteran Robert Locke, trying to forget the war in a bottle of whiskey. Written by Gary Paulsen On one side of the border is Manny Bustos, an orphan scrounging on the streets of Juarez.
Margie Chalofsky (Author), Glen Finland (Author), Ingrid Klass (Illustrator), Judy Wallace (Author) Personal narratives of homeless children. Changing Places: A Kid’s View of Shelter Living Sanchez (Illustrator) A young girl from a migrant-worker family overcomes the hardship of their frequent moves by creating a special place for herself. These interviews are accompanied by tips on help available, minors’ legal rights, AIDS awareness, and coping strategies.ĭonna Guthrie (Author), Dennis Hockerman (Illustrator)Ī young girl inspires her neighbors to help the homeless people in their community. Written by Ellen Switzer Numerous interviews with teenage runaways inform a close-up look at the plight of the more than one million youngsters under eighteen living on the streets of America. Anyplace but Here: Young, Alone, and Homeless – What to Do
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