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Books for Homelessness & Housing
Books for Homelessness & Housing – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
313 books
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Chapter Books
(127)
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(31)
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Armando and the Blue Tarp School
Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson
For children processing the concept of economic inequality or the struggle to balance helping family with a deep desire
Ages 6–9
Breakfast with Neruda
Laura Moe
Living in his car while his mother struggles with hoarding, Michael finds an unexpected connection with a fellow misfit
Ages 14–18
Heck, Superhero
Martine Leavitt
Heck fights to keep his world together using his imagination when he and his mother lose their home and things begin to
Ages 10–14
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A Shelter in Our Car
Monica Gunning
For children processing housing insecurity or financial stress, this story highlights the unbreakable bond of love betwe
Ages 5–9
Just One Pebble: One Boy's Quest to End Hunger
Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky
Nine-year-old Braeden Mannering sees a neighbor in need and sets out on a determined quest to tackle food insecurity and
Ages 6–10
Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side
Raymond Bial
Step inside the dark hallways and crowded rooms of 1900s New York City to see the real living conditions of the families
Ages 9–12
Winterfolk
Janel Kolby
Fifteen-year-old Rain lives in a fragile community of tents, but when her home is threatened, she must find the strength
Ages 12–18
Lily and the Paper Man
Rebecca Upjohn
Lily learns to look past her initial hesitation to help a homeless man, discovering how much pride and empathy can grow
Ages 4–8
Nearly Gone #1
Nearly Gone
Elle Cosimano
A math prodigy living in a trailer park realizes she is the only person who can solve the lethal puzzles left by a seria
Ages 14–18
An Island of Our Own
Sally Nicholls
Three siblings on the brink of foster care follow a trail of mysterious photographs left by their great-aunt to find a l
Ages 9–12
Where You Belong
Mary Ann McGuigan
Running away from home in 1963 leads thirteen-year-old Fiona to a black neighborhood in the Bronx, where a forbidden fri
Ages 12–17
Coster Girls & Mudlarks
Belinda Hollyer
Real interviews from the 1850s reveal the gritty daily lives, songs, and struggles of working-class children in Victoria
Ages 10–15
The Trouble with Half a Moon
Danette Vigilante
Dellie tries to pick up the pieces of her broken family in the projects by befriending a neglected boy and finding hope
Ages 10–14
The Hidden Knife #2
The Hidden Dragon
Melissa Marr
Otter and her stowaway friend London must navigate pirate attacks and magical lands to save their kingdom, earning the t
Ages 8–12
The King of Jam Sandwiches
Eric Walters
For the child who carries heavy secrets at home, this moving story validates the struggle of living with a parent's ment
Ages 9–13
Dark Water
Laura McNeal
Fifteen-year-old Pearl finds first love on her uncle's avocado ranch, but she and a migrant worker are soon trapped by e
Ages 14–18
The Bears' House #1
The Bears' House
Marilyn Sachs
Between caring for her baby sister and escaping into a dollhouse world, a young girl navigates a difficult reality with
Ages 8–12
We Are All We Have
Marina Budhos
When her mother is suddenly detained, Rania must take her younger brother and vanish into the night to find safety and a
Ages 14–18
Strollers
Lesley Beake
For the reader seeking to understand the lives of those on the margins. This story illuminates the resilience of childre
Ages 12–16
Jack the Bum #2
Jack the Bum and the UFO
Janet Schulman
A clever man hatches an inventive plan to save a beloved neighborhood pond and woods from becoming a parking lot.
Ages 6–9
Nory Ryan #1
Nory Ryan's Song
Patricia Reilly Giff
A terrible blight has struck the potato crops on Maidin Bay. Twelve-year-old Nory must find the strength to save her fam
Ages 8–12
The Damage Done
Linda Newbery
Kirsty finds solace only with her horses until she crosses paths with Dally, a runaway teenager fleeing the crushing dem
Ages 12–16
A Bandit's Tale
Deborah Hopkinson
Rocco’s life in 1880s New York is a desperate scramble of begging and stealing until he begins his transformation into a
Ages 8–12
A Castle on Viola Street
DyAnne DiSalvo
Andy and his parents spend their days fixing up a broken-down house for a neighbor, working toward the goal of finally o
Ages 5–9
