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1) Lila
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church -- the only available shelter from the rain -- and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the days of suffering that preceded her newfound security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Gabriella Goodhue had put her past as a thief behind her, until a woman in her boardinghouse is unjustly accused and she is caught gathering evidence by Nicholas Quinn, a fellow street urchin against whom she holds a grudge. Nicholas refuses to lose her twice and insists they join forces--but their feelings are tested when danger follows their every step" -- Provided by publisher.
3) Dragon house
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in modern-day Vietnam, tells the tale of Iris and Noah, two Americans, who, as a way of healing their own painful pasts, open a center to house and educate Vietnamese street children. Irish and Noah find themselves reborn in an exotic land filled with corruption and chaos, sacrifice and beauty. Inspired by the street children she meets, Iris walks in the footsteps of her father, a man whom Vietnam both shattered and saved. Meanwhile, Noah slowly...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Swinging London, Summer 1967. Sixteen-year-old Estella, gifted with talent, ingenuity, and ambition, dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer. But life seems intent on making sure her dreams never come true. Having arrived in London as a young girl, Estella now runs wild through the city streets with Jasper and Horace, amateur thieves who double as Estella's makeshift family and partners-in-(petty)-crime. How can Estella dedicate herself to...
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Series
Language
English
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Maddie Grande grew up a thief and beggar in a tribe of street urchins in New Orleans. Hoping for a new life, she moves to the bayou with her twin "brothers" and fellow tribemates. But her brothers kidnap the daughter of a wealthy carpetbagger and force Maddie to hide the precocious eight-year-old. As Maddie stands at a crossroads in her life, the child escapes. When Pinkerton agent Tom Abbott is assigned to the case, there's no denying their mutual...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brought to Moscow in 1990's Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, five-year-old Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. The plot contains profanity and violence.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
Author
Series
Blade novels (Tim Bowler) volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.
10) Trash
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
When three trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys realize that what they've found must be important.
11) Runner
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000], ©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Looking for his younger sister, Meghan, Kyle travels through Calgary's street culture, finding more than he expected.
13) Feathers
Author
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
February 2019
Language
English
Description
"Born covered in black feathers, abandoned as a baby in the slums of the Maze, Poe has lived his entire eleven-year-old life hidden away under the protection of his adoptive father, Gabriel. He spends his days secretly helping the Mice, bands of orphans who roam the slums, but there is a whisper of an altogether more sinister figure in the shadows, making street children disappear. When Bianca, an overprotected girl from the wealthy City beyond the...
14) The bridge home
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the...
15) Born behind bars
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Tired of being hungry, cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one, a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to care about her.
17) Noble
Publisher
Aspiration Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Christina Noble, who leaves the slums of her childhood in Ireland to work for the welfare of the street children of Vietnam.
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