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03453aam a22005178i 4500 001 9BA63FE438A911ED914067003BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220920010102 008 220511s2022 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2022019466 020 $a 0306903547 020 $a 9780306903540 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a HV4506.N6 $b A43 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220511 100 1 $a Ambroz, David, $e author. 245 12 $a A PLACE CALLED HOME : $b A MEMOIR / $c David Ambroz. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2209 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Legacy Lit, $c 2022. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty,violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever is safe and warm; bathing in public restrooms; and stealingfood to quell his hunger. When he gets into foster care, it feels like salvation, but it soon proves to be just as unsafe for young people-more of his foster siblings are put on a prison pipeline than college-bound. Surmounting violence, continued poverty and physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his caregivers, David harnesses an inner grit to escape the inevitable outcome for kids like him. He takes shelter and finds hope on his own in libraries, schools, and in the occasional adult angel. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get into Vassar College, the first significant step out from the yolk of poverty, and later graduates UCLA School of Law. This heart-wrenching and inspiring story about young people pulls back the curtainon homelessness and poverty in the lives of children and shines a pivotal light on generations of kids that have been systematically ignored and overlooked. A Place Called Home is both David's powerful personal account through the lens of a child surviving it daily. And as the go-to child welfare advocate for the Obama administration and major U.S. companies, A Place Called Home is a beckoning call to our national conscience to move from pity to action"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Ambroz, David. 650 0 $a Homeless children $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Foster children $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 941 $a 19 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20231216010549.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231005013434.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230926010411.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20230902015227.0 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20230506010407.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230505010056.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230302012518.0 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209024008.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011215.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203020120.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20230203012027.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201023347.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20221231011525.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20221129011733.0 952 $l WMPC185 $d 20221102164239.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20221102011708.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221102010444.0 952 $l KOPC446 $d 20220929012749.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220920010158.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9BA63FE438A911ED914067003BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search