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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.

Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.

One night a homeless child joins a magical parade in hopes of finding a home of her own.

Stephanie Michelle, who cares for animals and listens to the sun, believes the homeless child, Fondo, when he tells here that the geese have invited him to fly away with them.

After a violent encounter with a homeless man, Michael, a rising star with Drake & Sweeney, starts to uncover secrets involving his firm.

Bitter and grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and daughter, Earl Gibson has lost his faith in God and lives homeless on the street, until he encounters Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient determined to reach out to him.

As Christmas draws near, Maria does a good deed for a homeless person.

"The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Sandford. They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes-they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them. Lucas Davenport's adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she'd befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks...

"When Dan and his parents can no longer pay their mortgage, they end up homeless and living in a local tent city. It's a bad situation, and it only gets worse when the leader of the tent city is brutally beaten. Who is trying to shut down the tent city, and why?"--