Literary Works

    “I know enough of the world now, to have almost lost the capacity to be much surprized by anything; but it is the matter of some surprize to me , even now, that I can have been thrown away at such an early age…I became, at ten years old, a laboring little hind ….”                  

            ~Charles Dickens (From David Copperfield)

 

Some of our most renowned authors experienced homelessness, as defined by McKinney-Vento. Each of the literary works below provide insight into the lives of homeless youth. Read them again. Learn about their authors. Discover something new.

  • Jane Eyre
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • Tom Sawyer
  • Cinderella
  • David Copperfield
  • Heidi
  • Peter Pan
  • Tarzan
  • Oliver Twist
  • Little Orphan Annie (comic)

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