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Five Points: The 19th-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became The World's Most Notorious Slum -- by Tyler Anbinder (Author) (Book)
"In the 19th century, the Five Points district in lower Manhattan was New York City's most noxious slum, teeming with wretchedly poor Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants and African...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
December -- by David Diaz, Eve Bunting (Authors) (Book)
"A story singular in its originality; its artwork; and its contemporary, multilayered theme that is ultimately filled with joy and peace despite its stark setting. On Christmas Eve, a homeless boy and...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
There's No Place Like Home: Anthropological Perspectives on Housing and Homelessness in the United States -- by Anna Lou Dehavenon (Author) (Book)
" This collection of essays addresses the lack of shelter--one of the most basic elements of human adaptation--now experienced by many Americans. Based on the presupposition that shelter is a basic...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Prince George's County DSS, Homeless Services (Program)
Provides emergency shelter and transitional housing for homeless men, women, and children in Prince George's County.
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
How the Other Half Lives -- by Jacob Riis (Author) (Book)
"How the Other Half Lives is a riveting account of life in New York's Lower East Side tenements of the last century written by one of the Progressive Era's preeminent reformers. Drawn from the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart -- by Vera Williams (Author) (Book)
"Through a pastiche of poems and pictures, Williams presents an affecting portrait of two young sisters in a struggling family. In the opening entry, readers learn why older Essie is smart and why...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Home Is Where We Live: Life at a Shelter through a Young Girl's Eyes -- by Bonnie Groth, Jane Hertenstein (Authors) (Book)
"Photographs with brief text chronicle a seven-month stay at a homeless shelter where a ten-year-old girl felt scared at first but later felt safe."--Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The King of Mulberry Street -- by Donna Napoli (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "In 1892, nine-year-old Dom's mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new pair of...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America -- by Michael Tonry (Author) (Book)
"From the acclaimed author of Between Prison and Probation comes a blistering attack on this nation's worn-out misconceptions about race, poverty, crime, and punishment, and a fearless prescription...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Simple Gift -- by Steven Herrick (Author) (Book)
"Weary of life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind. He finds a home in an...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)