Diversity Reads Kids - Voices of Poverty and HomelessnessLike this list

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• Queenie in Seven Moves

  Louise, Zanni

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  To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little peach-walled house she's lived in forever, all art deco and flaky paint. But when she and her mom have to move out, suddenly one temporary move follows another. Along the way, the change-resistant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding Harmony

  a Novel

  Walters, Eric, 1957-

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  In this middle-grade novel, Harmony moves back home with her mom after being in a foster home, but her mom hasn't dealt with her addiction issues and Harmony feels like she's the only one keeping her and her mom together.

• The Anxious Exile of Sara Salt

  Prendergast, Gabrielle

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  When Sara Salt's little brother is born early, her mom and stepdad send her to stay in Toronto with her half-sister Abby, who is starting a transitional housing park for unhoused people.

• And Then, Boom!

  Fipps, Lisa

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  Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.

• Crumbs

  Cummings, Phil

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  On a wintry city street, a one-legged bird dances for crumbs to eat... but Ella has nothing to give. Then her father shows how a simple act of human kindness can spread joy to all.

• No Place Like Home

  Bird, James, 1979-

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  Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother live in a car and are trying to get to Los Angeles where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting, but even after finding a stray dog, Opin's longing for a stable home intensifies as his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The In-between

  a Memoir in Verse

  Van Heidrich, Katie

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  After being evicted from their home, thirteen-year-old Katie Wingate and her family move into an Extended Stay America Motel where she tries to lead a normal life, all the while wondering if things would be easier living with her father

• A Duet for Home

  Glaser, Karina Yan

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  A Duet for Home is a tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Best Liars in Riverview

  Thompson, Lin

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  While searching the woods that used to be their personal sanctuary, twelve-year-old Aubrey recalls the events and incidents preceding their best friend's disappearance and quietly questions their own gender identity.

• Northwind

  Paulsen, Gary

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  When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.

• Flight of the Puffin

  Braden, Ann

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  Told in multiple voices, seventh-grader Libby sets off a chain of events that brings hope and encouragement to four different individuals across the country who are dealing with bullies, acceptance, homelessness, and grief.

• The Runaway Girls

  Wilson, Jacqueline

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  Lucy Locket lives with her father, the New Mother and the New Baby. Lucy desperately wants someone to be kind to her, and to have some fun - there's very little of that in her house. Kitty Fisher is a street performer who earns tin for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

  Baptist, Kelly J.

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  Referring to his late father's journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules and manage without superpowers.

• Sweep

  the Story of a Girl and Her Monster

  Auxier, Jonathan

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  In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

• What Is Given From the Heart

  McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

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  Despite their own poverty since Daddy died, Mama tells nine-year-old James Otis they need to help Sarah, seven, whose family lost everything in a fire.

• The Bridge Home

  Venkatraman, Padma

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  Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.

• Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse

  Campbell, Marcy

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  Adrian Simcox brags about owning a horse, and Chloe just knows he's making stuff up... until she learns an important lesson in empathy.

• No Fixed Address

  Nielsen, Susin, 1964-

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  Understanding how homelessness and mental health affects other Canadians helps others develop compassion for those around them.

• On Our Street

  Our First Talk About Poverty

  Roberts, Jillian, 1971-

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  Kids don't see the world as adults do and it's hard to explain sensitive topics. The simple question-and-answer format of this book will provide a foundation of knowledge and point you in the right direction to help children take what they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's Your World

  Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!

  Clinton, Chelsea

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  Combining facts, charts, photographs, and stories, describes how readers can enact change in the world around them and find solutions for such global problems as climate change, poverty, gender inequality, and homelessness.