homeless persons

Against all odds, Benno and his friends in the ghetto turn an abandoned house into a shelter for the homeless.

Mark Bittner recounts how he became fascinated by a group of wild parrots inhabiting his new studio apartment and how he became the bird's trusted friend, the local parrot expert, and a tourist attraction.

Fourteen-year-old Joseph tries to avoid trouble and keep in touch with his father, who is serving in Iraq, as he and his alcoholic, drug-addicted mother move from one homeless shelter to another.

Twelve-year-old Ben Derby spends his spring break volunteering at a Santa Barbara day care center for homeless children.

Nathan Ward is whisked away as a child to live in the forested land of Thornyhill under the guidance of a man named Bartlemy. As he grows up, Nathan senses he is being watched from the surrounding Darkwood, and his visions start to come true. A jeweled, green stone cup from his visions resembles one lost by the Thorn family hundreds of years earlier. When Nathan learns the cup is from another world, he and his friend Hazel travel into dreams, lands, and legends that hold the answers.

A homeless man who lives under a bridge in Brooklyn finds his life changing when he decides to adopt a wild dog.

An updated edition of Teun Voeten's book exploring the homeless population that lived in the tunnel systems of New York City at the end of the millennium, describing what has happened to the original tunnel dwellers in the years since they were evicted by Amtrak and city officials.

An unlucky boy goes from loser to hero when he beats the odds--and solves a mystery--at Camp Green Lake, a detention center where he is forced to dig holes every day.

This book describes social services our government has provided in the past, worldwide social services, and how the reader can help.