group homes

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.

Trying to come to terms with her brother's death, high school student and former gang member Luz meets his killer face to face as she begins to rebuild her own life in a group home in New York City.

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.

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.