Discusses why some young people run away from troubled homes and what can happen to them. Tells the stories of several teenagers who found help at Noah's Ark, a shelter run by Sister Dolores Gartanutti.
"Angelique's work at a homeless shelter takes a turn when she meets seven-year-old Jamal and a mysterious character named Jacky Wacky"--Provided by publisher.
Ten-year-old Gregory moves from the Bird Springs Reservation with his mother and baby sister into a motel in Tucson, where he struggles to adjust to a very different way of life, with the help of a new friend and his art therapy teacher.
As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in, but when she and a friend get to know an elderly homeless woman, Bess changes her mind about what is really important.
Following her father's death and the discovery of his debts, high school sophomore Lucy moves with her mother and brother from their upper-middle-class neighborhood into a homeless shelter where she tries to come to terms with her new life.
Text and photographs tell the story of a homeless family that has been referred to the Henry Street Settlement Urban Family Center on New York City's Lower East Side.
