Keesha's House

REALISTIC FICTION MUST READ
At Joe's house, Keesha has found a safe place to live, and soon it becomes known as Keesha's House. Other kids gravitate to Keesha, finding safety in the rooms of the house and friendship and support among one another.

If you, or someone you know, have run away from home, or are thinking about running, here is a place you can find help:
National Runaway Switchboard

A Good Long Way by Rene Saldana, Jr.

When Beto Sr. tells his son that he either needs to follow the rules or leave, the boy--a senior in high school and a man as far as he's concerned--decides to leave, right then, in the middle of the night. Once he has walked away, though, he realizes he has nowhere to go.
The story of Beto's decision to run away and drop out of school is told from the different lives of Roel, Beto, and Jessy. They are all teens that live in South Texas near the border.
Most of their teachers can't see beyond Jessy's tough-girlfasade. Her parents are so busy fighting with each other that they don t notice her, even if she s packing a suitcase to leave. And Beto . . . somewhere along the way he quit caring about school. And his teachers have noticed and given up too.