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Cadow, Kenneth M.

Summary: Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC CAD

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAD

Gaiman, Neil

Summary: During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GAI

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAI

Fox, Janet S.

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lulu, burdened with caring for her sister, Serena, since their father disappeared, must learn to trust her new friends and community when secrets and lies catch up with her.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FOX

Poole, Hilary W.

Summary: "This book looks at the problems of homelessness--not only the challenges, but also how families can meet and rise above them."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.5 POO

Dowd, Ryan

Summary: "Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter's policies and training materials"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 020 DOW
1 available in Reference, Call number: R 020 DOW

Roberts, Jillian

Summary: Using illustrations, full-color photographs and straightforward text, this nonfiction picture book introduces the topics of homelessness and poverty to young readers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362 ROB

Summary: Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, is home to one-eyed artist Michele and alcoholic street performer Alex. It is also their stage as they break up and get back together in increasingly explosive reunions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LOV

Summary: The story of Craig Castalso, better known as Radioman for the stereo boombox worn around his neck. This New York film set mascot overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RAD

Kidder, Tracy

Summary: "When he graduated from Harvard Medical School, Jim O'Connell was asked by the medical school Dean to spend one year setting up a program to care for the homeless population in Boston. It became Jim O'Connell's life calling, to help people known as "rough sleepers." For the past three decades, Dr. O'Connell has run the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, which he helped to create....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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Messner, Kate

Summary: Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MES

Summary: "Many people helped improve the quality of this book-its accuracy, its clarity, the force of its presentation. Four people were kind enough to read the entire manuscript, and they made helpful comments and corrections throughout: Paul Dornan, formerly responsible for research on homelessness at HUD; Lucie Khadduri, who lives in Olympia WA, a city with a recent upsurge in homelessness; Daniel...

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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 IN

Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PUR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUR

Peterson, Lois

Summary: "Homelessness is not a choice, yet it exists in almost every community. But why are people homeless? Who are they? What can you do? In Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community, readers will get answers to these complex questions. They'll learn about the root causes of homelessness and its effects, and what people and organizations around the world are doing to address the problem. It shares the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021

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Summary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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De Jong, Iain

Summary: The Book on Ending Homelessness provides insights for those in the industry, elected officials, policy makers, funders, public servants and the general public on the best ways to move from managing homelessness to ending homelessness. While ending homelessness may seem to be a whacky or even preposterous idea, Iain De Jong takes more than two decades of experience as an award winning industry...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: FriesenPress 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 DE J

Otis, Chad

Summary: When an unhoused boy enters school, he runs afoul of rules and finds himself alone, but finds that he has imagination, resilience, and can define "the bright side" for himself.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTI

Adler, Kevin F.

Summary: "Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or did you avert your gaze? When We Walk By takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose--in ourselves and as a society--when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets....

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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2023

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Lippert, Tonya K.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIP

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIP

O'Flaherty, Brendan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 OFL

Rife, Jamie

Summary: "How do individuals move from being homeless to finding safe, stable, and secure places to live? Can we recreate the conditions that helped them most? What policies are needed to support what worked-and to remove common obstacles? Addressing these questions, Jamie Rife and Donald Burnes start from the premise that the most important voices in efforts to end homelessness are the ones most often...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2020

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Troxell, Richard R.

Summary: "Richard R. Troxell's book Short Stories in a Long Journey blends his personal story with the life of an activist for ending and preventing homelessness. This book highlights the structural defects in our system and laws and proposes common-sense economic solutions to the problems of homelessness and substance abuse, such as the Universal Living Wage to address income inequality, a modest...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Plain View Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 TRO

Summary: "In the U.S., 40% of homeless youth identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer(LGBTQ). Kicked Out brings together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth and tells the forgotten stories of some of our nations most vulnerable citizens"--P. 4 of cover.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Homofactus Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.766 KIC

Arnade, Chris

Summary: "Widely acclaimed photographer and writer Chris Arnade shines new light on America's poor, drug-addicted, and forgotten--both urban and rural, blue state and red state--and indicts the elitists who've left them behind. Like Jacob Riis in the 1890s, Walker Evans in the 1930s, or Michael Harrington in the 1960s, Chris Arnade bares the reality of our current class divide in stark pictures and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.509 ARN

Sandler, Lauren

Summary: "More than forty-five million Americans attempt to survive under the poverty line, day by day. Nearly 60,000 people sleep in New York City-run shelters every night--forty percent of them children. This Is All I Got makes this issue deeply personal, vividly depicting one woman's hope and despair and her steadfast determination to improve her situation, despite the myriad setbacks she encounters....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 SAN

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