homeless persons

Tells the story of six-year-old Roli?a who has been abandoned on the streets of Sao Paulo and her struggle to survive.

After T.J. and his younger brother are adopted, the biggest problems they face are winning an international baseball tournament, held in their New Jersey hometown, and helping a homeless teammate.

Nick and his cartoon creation, McGee, get a crash course in friendship--and a lesson about homelessness--when Nick's Romanian pen pal and his father show up for an unexpected visit.

Examines the worldwide need of children for shelter, discussing such areas as homeless people and different types of homes.

Eleven-year-old Alison, having moved from the affluent suburbs to an apartment in New York City, tries to make new friends and come to terms with the homelessness she sees all around her.

Relates the story of Joaqu?n, a young boy who was abandoned by his parents, who tries to survive on the streets of a Latin American city.

Young Stanley Yelnats begins a journey of self-discovery when he is sent to a juvenile detention center in Texas, where the boys are forced to dig five-foot-deep holes as punishment--a process for which Stanley suspects the warden has ulterior motives.

Lexi wakes up in the woods with amnesia and is taken to a shelter where she is provided with clothes, food, and safety, and is helped by a woman who remembers her, while the silver key around her neck reveals the details of a life she never knew.

Two sixth graders discover that their beloved third-grade teacher is living on the streets.