RIYL+Homeless

// **Books about homeless teens**

Also known as Harper // by Ann Haywood Leal (9-12) // Double Life of Zoe Flynn // by Janet Carey (ages 9-12)  // The Blue Mirror // by Kathe Koja (YA) // Living at the Edge of the World : a Teenager’s Survival in the Tunnels of Grand Central Station - // Tina S. & Jamie Bolnick // Sketches // by Eric Walters (YA) // Theories of Relativity // by Barbara Haworth-Attard (YA)  // Can’t Get There From // // Here // by Todd Strasser (YA)  //  Ten Mile River  // by Paul Griffin (YA) Jessica Blank's // ALMOST HOME, // about homeless street kids in Los Angeles. Contemporary. (YA) // How to Steal a Dog // by Barbara O'Connor. (9-12) A young girl, her little brother and her mother are living in their car after the father left them. The girl comes up with an idea of stealing a dog for the reward money so they can get a home. Great little ethics discussion in that book. // Keesha's House // by Helen Frost (YA) Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they found home again. // Tyrell // by Booth Coe (YA) // Slake’s Limbo // Felice Holman (YA)

from YALSA-BK 11/10/2009