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Kabir has been in jail since the day he was born because his mom is serving time for a crime she didn't commit. Their cellmates are his only friends, and he's never even met his dad. The one place he feels a little bit free is the prison classroom, where his teacher delights him with stories of the outside world's wonders. When the new warden announces that Kabir is too old to stay, he's suddenly released--without his mom--to fend for himself on the...
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Over half a million people are homeless in the United States; 25% of whom are in California. Amid public outcry over the ballooning homeless population in Los Angeles, nearly 54,000 people on any given night three advocates with three different organizations show what the lost ideal of 'care in the community' looks like amid a changing policy landscape. Intensely human and humanizing, the film provides a sweeping look at the historic and current causes...
3) Almost home
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Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
5) Holes
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
7) December
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A homeless family's luck changes after they help an old woman who has even less than they do at Christmas.
8) I am a bear
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A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.
Life isn't easy for a bear. Not when he has to sleep on the sidewalk among cardboard boxes and old clothes. Not when he lives in a city full of people who are repulsed by him. Not when he's hungry and homeless. But one day a young girl smiles at the bear, and he realizes that maybe there is something that could make...
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Aside from his trusty piano, Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his town for his music and songs, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days, occasionally performing the classics in small venues--never in the stadiums he could fill when in his prime. On the night before receiving his town's highest honor, Busi is wrested from bed by noises in his courtyard and then stunned by an attacking...
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In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about the seemingly-unsolvable problem of homelessness in America. How and why do people find themselves homeless? What factors lead to this? Is there help for people living on the streets? What is the answer to ending homelessness in America? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and videos that reinforce important concepts.
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In New York, a deranged homeless man stalks a psychiatrist social worker, convinced she is his ex-wife. The doctor's husband, a lawyer, cannot get the police to intervene. An acquaintance offers help in settling the matter themselves and a man is killed. The next the lawyer knows, he is arrested for murder. It was a set up. Now his only hope is the stalker. By the author of Casino Moon.
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"When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays. Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family's progress and adding...
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Fitzgerald-Trouts volume 1
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"The Fitzgerald-Trouts are four barely related siblings living together in a small car on a lush tropical island, but when they begin to outgrow their small vehicle, they must band together to find a new home"--
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"Trespass is an honest and unflinching depiction of the beauty and humanity of the unhoused people of Los Angeles. Through profiles, essays, and stunning black-and-white photographs from filmmaker and photographer Kim Watson, Trespass dares us to confront our own biases and inspires us toward compassion and empathy for our fellow humans"--
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"In 2015, while working at a London hair salon, Joshua Coombes took to the streets with his scissors to build relationships with people sleeping rough in the capital and began posting transformative images on social media to amplify their voices - #DoSomethingForNothing was born. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and all-new writing, this book explores themes of love, acceptance, shame, and perseverance, while inviting us to see ourselves in...
17) Stay
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Piper's life is turned upside down when her family moves into a shelter in a whole new city. She misses her house, her friends, and her privacy--and she hates being labeled the homeless girl at her new school. But while Hope House offers her new challenges, it also brings new friendships, like the girls in Firefly Girls Troop 423 and a sweet street dog named Baby. So when Baby's person goes missing, Piper knows she has to help. But helping means finding...
18) The tinderbox
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Laurence Schofield's world was torn apart when his teenage daughter vanished. No trace was ever found. But six years later, a TV crew filming in London records a few seconds' footage of a girl who just could be her. Schofield heads for the capital. But this isn't the London of the tourist brochures: it's the Tinderbox, an area of dangerous dereliction where the homeless have created an alternative society with its own rules.
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"Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or did you avert your gaze? When We Walk By takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose -- in ourselves and as a society -- when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets. And it brilliantly shows what we stand to gain when...
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For Henry and his 8-year-old son, Junior, days are measured in dollars and cents. Evicted from their trailer, they now call Henry's F-250 home. Today is Junior's birthday; tomorrow Henry has a job interview. To celebrate, they have a fast food dinner and spend the night at a cheap motel. But when Henry has a altercation and in the parking lot and Junior falls ill with a fever, can they make it through to the day to come? -- adapted from back cover...
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