Fiction About Homelessness & Poverty for Children

The Mask of Aribella: a captivating fantasy with themes of power, friendship and corruption.

By Hoghton, Anna

24 Hours in Nowhere

By Dusti Bowling

A Little Princess (Puffin Classics)

By Hodgson Burnett, Frances, Yen Mah, Adeline

The Princess and the Suffragette

By Webb, Holly

The Light Jar

By Thompson, Lisa

Smart: A mysterious crime, a different detective

By Slater, Kim

Timbuktu

By Auster, Paul

Sam & The Lucky Money

By Chin, Karen, Wright, Cornelius Van

That Pesky Rat

By Child, Lauren

Street Life: Young Women Write About Being Homeless

By Cassidy, Jane

Crusade

By Linda Press Wulf, Press Wulf, Linda

Daisy Saves the Day

By Hughes, Shirley

Oliver Twist (Vintage Children's Classics)

By Dickens, Charles

The Princess Who Had No Kingdom

By Jones, Ursula, Gibb, Sarah

Angus Rides The Goods Train

By Durant, Alan, Riddell, Chris

Stella’s Starliner

By Wells, Rosemary

A Little Princess (Puffin Classics)

By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hodgson Burnett, Frances, Yen Mah, Adeline

A Chair for My Mother (Reading Rainbow Books)

By Williams, Vera B

Something Beautiful

By Wyeth, Sharon Dennis, Soentpiet, Chris K.

Kick

By Mitch Johnson

The Great (Food) Bank Heist

By Onjali Q. Raúf, Elisa Paganelli

Joe All Alone

By Nadin, Joanna

Candyfloss

By Jacqueline Wilson, Wilson, Jacqueline, Sharratt, Nick

Street Child (Essential Modern Classics) (Collins Modern Classics)

By Doherty, Berlie

Emily's Surprising Voyage (Walker Racing Reads)

By Purkiss, Sue, de la Rue, James

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

By Rundell, Katherine, Castrillón, Melissa

Smart: A mysterious crime, a different detective

By Slater, Kim

Cardboard Cowboys

By Brian Conaghan

The Marvellous Land of Snergs

By Veronica Cossanteli, Melissa Castrillon

Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

By Catherine Johnson, Katie Hickey