Cathryn Berger Kaye - A Kids' Guide to Hunger & Homelessness: How to Take Action!
http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Guide-Hunger-Homelessness-Learning/dp/1575422409/ref=sr_1_8/104-3640844-7349533?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184691058&sr=1-8
Pat LaMarche - Left Out in America: The State of Homelessness in the United States
http://www.amazon.com/Left-Out-America-Homelessness-United/dp/1929565208/ref=sr_1_22/104-3640844-7349533?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184691058&sr=1-22
Diane D. Nilan - Crossing the Line: Taking Steps to End Homelessness
http://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Line-Taking-Steps-Homelessness/dp/1591138361/ref=sr_1_7/104-3640844-7349533?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184691058&sr=1-7
Karen M. Skalitzky - A Recipe for Hope: Stories of Transformation by People Struggling with Homelessness
http://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Hope-Transformation-Struggling-Homelessness/dp/0879463252/ref=sr_1_16/104-3640844-7349533?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184691058&sr=1-16
Yvonne M. Vissing - Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Sight-Mind-Homeless-Small-Town/dp/0813108721/ref=sr_1_25/104-3640844-7349533?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184691298&sr=1-25

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