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I beat the odds : from homelessness, to the blind side, and beyond / by Oher, Michael.; Yaeger, Don.;
Subjects: Oher, Michael.; Baltimore Ravens (Football team); University of Mississippi; Football players;
© c2011., Gotham Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hide : a novel / by White, Kiersten,author.;
"The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. The prize: enough money to change everything. Even though everyone is desperate to win--to seize a dream future or escape a haunting past--Mack is sure she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she's an expert at that. It's the reason she's alive and her family isn't. But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes that this competition is even more sinister than she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive. Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide but nowhere to run. Come out, come out, wherever you are."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Amusement parks; Competition; Hide-and-seek; Homeless persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild silence / by Winn, Raynor,author.;
Raynor Winn needs sky and space, and the roar of the wind in the trees to help her. She needs the rain on her face, she needs the wild to give her the answers she so terribly needs. 'The Wild Silence' is Winn's new book about the meaning of home. A Dewey Diva Pick. From the author of 'The Salt Path'.
Subjects: Winn, Raynor.; Winn, Moth; Homeless persons; Adjustment (Psychology); Self-esteem.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Not Pop-Pop / by De Groot, Angela.; Haley, MacKenzie.;
After a young boy, Brian, initially mistakes a homeless man for his Pop-Pop while at the library, he thinks about the things his grandfather and Not Pop-Pop share including their bushy brows, their rumbly voices, and their love of books. Contains back matter designed to help answer children's questions and raise their awareness about homelessness.
Subjects: Picture books.; Homelessness; Compassion; Libraries; Grandfathers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to find your way home / by Regan, Katy,author.;
"What if the person you thought you'd lost forever walked back into your life? A warm, life-affirming novel about what happens when a sister discovers that the brother she hasn't seen in more than a decade is homeless, and in reconnecting with him learns the true meaning of belonging, from the author of Little Big Love. When they were children, Emily and her brother Stephen were inseparable. Running wild through the marshes of Canvey Island, it was Stephen who taught her to look for the incandescent flash of a bird's wings, who instilled within her a love and respect for nature's wonders. But one June day, their lives came crashing down around them and fate forced them apart. Fifteen years later, Emily should be happy. She has a sun-filled garden flat, a lovely boyfriend, and a job that is supposed to let her make a difference. But instead she's lost, always on the lookout for her brother's face, and worn down, spending her days working at the local housing offices having to turn away more applicants than she then she can help. And then one day, her brother walks through the door, homeless and in need of help. Stephen has been living in and out of shelters for the last decade and the baggage between them is heavy. But Emily is overjoyed to see her brother again and invites him to come live with her. In an attempt to rebuild their relationship, they embark on a birding adventure together. Amid the soft calls of the marsh birds, they must confront the secrets of all that stands between them-even as they begin to realize that home may just be found within"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Bird watching; Brothers and sisters; Homelessness; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dogs of winter / by Lambert, Ann,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A murderer with a twisted mission targets the most vulnerable on the cold streets of Montreal -- a howling snowstorm envelops the city, and the body of a young womanis discovered in its wake. The only clue to her identity: a photograph in her pocket with the scribbled phone number of Detective Inspector Romeo Leduc. Meanwhile, Marie Russell is trying to help a student at her college who is the victim of a terrible assault. As Romeo begins to think that the death of the woman may be linked to those of several homeless people in Montreal, he puts himself and Marie on a collision course with a killer who has been taking advantage of a system and a society blind to its own inequality and injustice."--|cProvided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Homeless persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Sword of Summer / by Riordan, Rick.;
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die.Read by Christopher Guetig.
Subjects: Adventure stories.; Action and adventure fiction.; Adventure stories.; Audiobooks.; Children's.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Audiobooks.; Adventure fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Mythology, Norse; Homeless children; Quests (Expeditions); Gods, Norse; Mythology, Norse; Quests (Expeditions); JUVENILE FICTION; Homeless children.; Mythology, Norse.; Quests (Expeditions);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way / by Thistle, Jesse,author.;
"From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, but their tough-love attitudes meant conflicts became commonplace. And the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. One day, he finally realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful experiences with abuse, uncovering the truth about his parents, and how he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family through education. An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice and racism and to be cast adrift, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help one find happiness despite the odds."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Thistle, Jesse.; Métis; Addicts; Homeless persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Downfall / by Rotenberg, Robert,1953-author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: HEART OF THE CITY, ISBN 9781476740577. Detectives Ari Greene and Daniel Kennicott dig into the dark side of Toronto when a serial killer targets homeless people who are camped out near one of the citys most exclusive enclaves in this sixth crime thriller in the 'Ari Greene' series. Robert Rotenberg lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Murder; Homeless persons; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way [Book Club Set] / by Thistle, Jesse,author.;
"From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, but their tough-love attitudes meant conflicts became commonplace. And the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. One day, he finally realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful experiences with abuse, uncovering the truth about his parents, and how he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family through education. An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice and racism and to be cast adrift, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help one find happiness despite the odds."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Thistle, Jesse.; Métis; Addicts; Homeless persons;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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