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1) Holes
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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.
2) Almost home
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Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
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Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing as an isolated event. And the solution of one mystery is often the beginning of another.
6) Stranded
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After a string of bad luck, Kipp takes a woman up on her generous offer of free room and board, but he soon learns that things are not as they seem.
8) Hold fast
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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.
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Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
12) Dear Librarian
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In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
13) Winterfolk
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After learning that Seattle plans to clear out Winterfolk, its homeless camp, Rain convinces her friend King to take her into the city where she discovers that she is not invisible and can save her community.
14) Crenshaw
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"A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary"--
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A child tries to understand the life of a man he has seen sleeping under a bridge. The boy s mother patiently answers his questions and explains how people s life paths can be so different. The child observes the things he has in common with the man and wonders where his own path will lead.
17) Stay
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Shares the story of Piper, a girl who just moved into a homeless shelter in a new city, and Baby, a dog who lives in the park with his person, but when Baby loses his person it is up to Piper to make sure Baby is not taken away for good.
18) Undertown
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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.
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
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Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
20) Fast break
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[2015]
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Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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