Shelter

Description: While ten-year-old Maya attends an elite private school on scholarship her classmates are unaware that she and her family are living in a homeless shelter, but on one poignant day Maya discovers having a house is not the only way to have a home.

Review Quotes: Junior Library Guild Selection
CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection
Bluestem Award Nominee (Illinois's Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award)
William Allen White Children's Book Award's Master List (Grades 3-5)

"Brings a pressing national crisis into clear focus for young readers; highly recommended." --Kirkus Reviews

"By turns heartbreaking and affirming, this novel reminds readers what is most important--and what we often take for granted. . . . An important purchase for upper elementary and early middle school collections." --School Library Journal