Invisible Child is a nonfiction book written by Andrea Elliott. Elliott used her decades of reporting of the poverty in America to highlight Dasani, an impoverished child of many in America. Dasani grew up homeless in New York City and faced the problems of poverty. She leads her siblings through the world of being homeless. She encounters chances of escaping poverty but must ask herself what she wants.
Charlie is a girl who has been through it. She has a terrible past and deals with it by harming herself. This self-harm got to a point where she was found wrapped in a sheet, suffering and she had to be put in a facility to help her with her mental health. Charlie’s health is slowly but surely improving, until the funding for her stay runs out and she is sent back to the streets, where she was found. Charlie learns how to live on her own, work as a dishwasher at a coffee shop, and how to manage her feelings for a boy who has issues of his own.
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman is a devastatingly realistic look into the life of a homeless child. It tells a realistic story of abuse and homelessness, and yet also is a story of hope. The book is set in India, and follows the two main characters, young girls named Viji and Rukku as they run away from their abusive household and live alone on the streets. They meet other characters and try to survive the harsh life.
Phoenix, a 16 year old, and her mom Nina, live inside a van and steal to get by. Life seems normal to Phoenix until Nina takes them back to the hometown where Nina’s life had been ruined, Jasper Hollow. Nina wants to set the truth straight and let everyone know what had happened. With the help of her daughter, Phoenix, they will take down the man that had ruined their life. When Phoenix finds out information from the man that Nina hadn’t previously told her, she wonders if the life she had been living was a lie. Will Phoenix find out the truth?
