group homes

"Presents the story of a rat and a boy whose fates become inextricably linked as their two worlds collide. Eften, a bold young ratling, dares to journey above the underground rat kingdom, where he discovers Dr. Ross-Gibbon's plan to exterminate the rat population. Dogboy, assistant to Dr. Ross-Gibbon, is an abandoned thirteen-year-old with a gift for understanding animals. As war wages between the human world and the rat kingdom. Dogboy must decide where his allegiances truly lie."--Provided by the publisher.

Chloe Saunders is haunted by a particularly violent ghost and is sent to Lyle House, a center for disturbed teens, where she finds herself investigating a series of other paranormal happenings.

Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention.

When Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are what they seem, and that she and her friends are in danger.

A nine-year-old boy sent to a group home by his mother, who can't handle him any longer, learns to trust the people around him, and to talk about his fears despite his concern that his mother might not take him back.

Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention.

Fourteen-year-old Paul, having run away from his abusive father and lived on the roof of a convenience store for a year, is picked up by police after slitting his wrists and begins a round of struggles in Chicago's system of youth homes before making the decision to break the cycle and try for a better life.

Sadie, having been in and out of twelve foster homes, strives to go unnoticed, but it becomes difficult when she moves to her thirteenth group home in a small town, and she is just starting to think it might be okay to let a few people into her life, when a shocking revelation about her "real" family throws her into turmoil.

Kate, having been sent back to a group home after living with her foster parents for a year, feels sad and lonely and struggles to stay strong and true to herself after getting involved in an abusive and controlling relationship with Percy, a shady young man.

Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.