Down and out

Holes

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1988

The Street Lawyer

John Grisham

1989

The young outlaw, or, Adrift in the streets

Horatio Alger, Jr.

1875

The Sword of Summer

Rick Riordan

2015

Roadwork

Stephen King

1981

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

2005

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow

2000

Timbuktu

Paul Auster

1999