![]() Meg and Dan become friends because Meg already lives at Dignityville because everyone in her family has a job, but all of the money goes to her father’s cancer bills. She’s the only one who can understand how Dan feels. ![]() ![]() The town has to decide what and who they are willing to support by the end of the novel.I really liked this novel and readily turned each page. It’s definitely a discussion starter because it shows that homelessness is a complicated social problem that needs a better way to address it than choosing not to see it. In the dark I’m jogging quickly across the hospital parking lot toward the emergency room. I answer with a lie: Hey, sorry, the stupid bus hasn’t come yet.Įven before I dig it out of my pocket, I know it’s Talia and she’s going to ask why I’m not at the party. I’ll be there ASAP, I add as I weave through parked cars. Yeah, I’m, uh, running over to the Gerson Street stop so I can get the 104 or the 107. See you soon, okay? I hate lying, especially to people I care about, but when everything’s going wrong, it’s sometimes hard to do what’s right.Īs a damp gust of wind carries the promise of rain, leaves swirl in the heavy moist air. From the distance comes the rumble of thunder. I push through the ER doors and into the stark bright fluorescent world of the hospital. ![]() May I help you? asks the nurse behind the desk. She points toward a pair of double doors. I feel like a juggler with one too many balls in the air. ![]()
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