Homeless Kid

A New York Times bestseller! Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover. That’s the real-life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It’s a...

This 10th anniversary edition of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller includes a new introduction and afterword by the author. Chronicling the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy that began with one small gesture of kindness, this is a “ray of...

Updated and Revised: Do you want to make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you a middle or high school teen with a service-learning requirement? This is the easy project you need! Collecting socks for the homeless can be a fun and rewarding way to develop leadership skills, coordinate a special project, and give back to the needy. Children, teens, families, organizations, businesses, and schools can make this creative project fun for all. And an excellent addition to anyone's academic resume. Also included: Over 20 additional exciting ideas for easy service projects for ...

"Forrest enchants as she delivers descriptions of Earth from above, the alluring winter snowscape, and jokes. This delightful listen will likely become a Christmas tradition." —AudioFile This program features a prologue read by the author. From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes...

In this action-packed story from the world’s #1 bestselling author, Max Einstein is setting her sights on creating a smart solution to a water crisis—but only if she can avoid being kidnapped! “A fast-paced, science-filled caper.” —The Wall Street Journal​ Max Einstein's typical day...

Alexandra Fisher is a passionate advocate for social justice and a champion of the rights of vulnerable youth. With a background in social work and community development, Alexandra has dedicated her career to understanding and addressing the challenges faced by homeless teens in the United States. Through her book on the homeless epidemic among teens, Alexandra aspires to ignite a movement that transcends the pages of this work and sparks real-world action. Her hope is that readers will be inspired to join the cause, foster compassion, and work together to ensure that no young individual is...

Adam and Summer are dead; they just don’t know it yet. After a series of bad decisions, two lost teenagers slip through the cracks of society—living unseen, unwanted, and anonymous on the fringe. It’s not such a terrible existence for people who already feel invisible. Until they realize something is very, very wrong. Some people can’t see them at all. Others look straight through them. And a few—only a few—see them perfectly. As reality begins to fracture, Adam and Summer are forced to confront an impossible truth: they may not be alive in the way they thought they were. And ...

A pair of defenseless children are trapped alone in the worst part of town. Can a young boy and his baby sister safely survive the nightmare of the hellish city?

"If the middle grade Filipino American market had an audio representative, Abellera would be the reigning voice" — School Library Journal *Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Award* This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. An uplifting middle-grade debut about perseverance...

A homeless girl, a devoted dog, and the incredible risk they take to stay together. An unforgettable story of love, family, and bonds that can never be broken. Shannon O'Reilly's whole world is collapsing. Life was great before Mom died, before she ended up living in a car with her little dog Boone and her Aunt Junie. Now it's truck stop showers and soup kitchen meals and the crushing burden of keeping everything a secret. She's tried hard to be patient, but when a reckless act lands her aunt in jail and Boone is taken away, Shannon's had enough. Escaping her foster home, she springs Boone ...

Does good fortune always change things for the better? The Kaplan family has just won 10 million dollars in the lottery. But haven’t they always been lucky? Gwen thought so. She’s carefully curated a perfect suburban existence with a loving husband and two children. For over a decade...

Gabriella Midwinter used to have a home. She wasn’t invisible back then… For fans of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, a stunning new novel from the author of SHINE, GLITTER, SEA OF STARS and A MILLION ANGELS. “What’s strange is that the day it actually happened, everything seemed so...