Read-alikes for Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Tween novels featuring homelessness and poverty
Balliett, Blue. Hold Fast.
Bauer, Joan. Almost Home.
Bukiet, Melvin Jules. Undertown.
Carey, Janet Lee. The Double Life of Zoe Flynn.
Clement, Andrew. Room One: a Mystery for Two.
Ellis, Deborah. No Ordinary Day.
Ellis, Sarah. Outside In.
Fox, Paula. Monkey Island.
Gunning, Monica. A Shelter in Our Car.
Holman, Felice. Slake’s Limbo.
Johnson, Lindsay Lee. Soul Moon Soup.
Krumgold, Joseph. Onion John.
Maryon, Kate. Invisible Girl.
McClure, Wendy. Wanderville.
O’Connor, Barbara. How to Steal a Dog.
Paulsen, Gary. Paintings from the Cave: Three Novellas.
Phillips, Gin. The Hidden Summer.
Pyron, Bobbie. The Dogs of Winter.
Rapp, Adam. 33 Snowfish.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Towers Falling.
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola. 8th Grade Superhero.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The Gypsy Game.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway.
Williams, Michael. Now Is the Time for Running.
Wolk, Lauren. Wolf Hollow.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University, iSchool