shelters for the homeless

"It's June's first day at Huey House, and...[she] can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?"--Provided by publisher.

While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.

While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.

"A young girl feels anxious about her first night at a shelter, but Mama has an idea . . . With a little imagination, can they find comfort together in this new place to stay?"--Back cover.

After college sophomore Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle in a rural area of Vermont, she retreats into her photography and begins working at a homeless shelter. At the shelter she meets mentally ill Bobbie Crocker and becomes obsessed with putting the pieces of his former life together in order to solve a dark family secret.

This book shares the stories of teens who are homeless and live on the streets or in shelters, with or without their families.

Living in an art commune that her father burns down before taking his own life, Ror moves to a homeless residence in 1984 Manhattan, where she is torn by the opinions of others about how she should define herself as an artist.

Photographs with brief text chronicle a seven-month stay at a homeless shelter where a ten-year-old girl felt scared at first but later felt safe.

Describes the special problems homeless teenagers may have and provides help in dealing with emotions and crucial decisions.

After surviving an attack while biking, Vermont college student Laurel Estabrook decides to volunteer at a homeless shelter where she meets Bobbie Cocker, a mentally ill man who claims to have been an established photographer and whose life she becomes infatuated with.