Theme: homelessness

No and Me

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

The international award-winning story of two girls from different backgrounds, united in friendship Parisian teenager Lou has an IQ of 160, OCD tendencies, and a mother who has suffered from depression for years. But Lou is about to change her life—and that of her parents—all because of a school project about homeless teens. While doing research, [...]

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Tales from Outer Suburbia

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

These are the odd details of everyday suburban life that might forever go unnoticed, were they not finally brought to light by Shaun Tan.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

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Asphalt Angels

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A raw, poignant story of a band of Brazilian street kids who survive — if they can — by their wits alone. Asphalt Angels centers around a boy named Alex, a street child of 13 in Brazil who has been kicked onto the city streets by his stepfather after his mother dies. He is alone [...]

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Found

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In a deserted countryside of the future, Ren, a young girl whose mother has abandoned her, and three other children discover a baby whom they name Found, and they join together to fight for survival.

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Looking for X

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Smart and independent, 11-year-old Khyber lives with her mom, Tammy, a former stripper, and her autistic twin brothers in a poor Toronto neighborhood. Though she doesn’t have a lot in common with her classmates, Khyber does have wonderfully eccentric friends: Valerie, Toronto’s meanest waitress, and X, a homeless woman in hiding from “the secret police.” [...]

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