Assignmen

There are list of different book that are provided. Choose one of those books based off of the description that seems most interesting to you. You will be responsible for reading the whole book so you can write a reflection later on in this unit. Sign up sheets for books will be provided in class.

Book Choices:

__**1. "A Roof Over My Head" by Jean Williams**__ -This book takes an inside look at the lives of women who go through small homeless shelters. Most of those women have children that they need to care for. This book gives personal interviews with the women who go through this process and what life is like through their eyes. What is it like to have to take care of your children while you are in such poverty? What stresses do the women face? This eye opening book will examine the myths of women who go through poverty and the benefits of homeless shelters that try to provide so assistance to them.

__**2. "Kidwatching In Josie's World" by Neva Medcalf**__ -This book brings child homelessness to the center of its focus. There are so many people that believe homeless people are just those people you see on the street asking for money with a cup or a sign on the streets. Most of the time you imagine those poeple being older and the type of person that did not care enough to take care of themselves. People have those thoughts, but what they don't realize is that children are a huge growing population of people that are homeless on the streets. This book explains homelessness and how it affects children. It also advocates for a change that will fix this growing issue.

__**3. "Housing The Homeless" by Jon Karl Erickson**__ -This book talks about what homelessness is and what are the characteristics of this issue. This book discusses all different areas of society that are impacted my this issue and what services are provided for people who suffer from homelessness. This book is a good source of information if you do not understand how many people are at risk and how those people fight to support themselves.

__**4. "Shelter: One Man's Journey From Homelessness To Hope" by Bobby Brown**__ -This book is a diary of man's daily life going from poverty to hope of a future. The recordings of his thoughts and daily experiences are valuable evidence about the issue of poverty and homelessness. The diary provides an inside look at the kind of determination you must have in order to succeed and get out of the grasp of homelessness. This book is inspirational in nature and provides a feeling that it is not too late to find hope.