Children's Fiction Homelessness & Poverty
Living Rough
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2011
- Category
- Homelessness & Poverty, Parents, Friendship
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554698905
- Publish Date
- Oct 2011
- List Price
- $8.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554698882
- Publish Date
- Oct 2011
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554694341
- Publish Date
- Oct 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
In most ways, Poe is like the other kids in his school. He thinks about girls and tries to avoid too much contact with teachers. He has a loving father who helps him with his homework. But Poe has a secret, and almost every day some small act threatens to expose him. He doesn't have a phone number to give to friends. He doesn't have an address. Poe and his father are living in a tent on city land. When the city clears the land to build housing, Poe worries that they might not be able to find another site near his school. Will Poe have to expose his secret to get help for himself and his father?
About the author
CRISTY WATSON is passionate about teaching and writing. She lives near the beach in White Rock, B.C., where she hosts an open mic at her local coffee shop. She is the award-winning author of five other novels Benched, Living Rough, On Cue, Cutter Boy, and Dead to Me. She was a 2017 PNBA Book Award Nominee for On Cue.