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Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope

by Kevin M. Ryan (Goodreads Author)

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Haley said: " Almost Home, written by Kevin Ryan was an very touching book. It was the story of seven homeless individuals trying to change their lives and create a better situation for themselves. They all have a different story and they all want to change their Almost Home, written by Kevin Ryan was an very touching book. It was the story of seven homeless individuals trying to change their lives and create a better situation for themselves. They all have a different story and they all want to change their lives and make sure they do the best they could in life. Every single girl and boy in this story had to overpower an obstacle. They had to show to not only themselves but also the people around them that they were not about to give into all the bad influences. I believe the author wanted to show that not everyone is born with everything.Some people are born with absolutely nothing but they build themselves up to be a better person and accomplish amazing things for themselves.
I believe that the theme of Almost Home is to never give up no matter how hard things get. All of the people in this book reached a point in their lives where they did not think they could keep going. They thought it was over for them and that there was nothing in the world that could change their path in life. But, they kept fighting to get to a place they wanted. They had all sunk to that low in their, which I am sure everyone has, but unlike most people they never wanted to have to go back to that. They knew how much it hurt and how much it made them hate themselves. Although it was hard to be in that low of a place, it just motivated them even more and kept them going.
I believe the story was written as a narration. An example of this would be a woman is homeless. Therefore, she would not be able to feed her child. I believe that this style was effective when writing this novel. I believe that it was effective because it made the story very easy to understand. I believe that the style this story was written in helped add to the emotional aspect as well.
In my opinion Almost Home was written very well. I felt like I was really able to connect with the people the story is about. I think it is very important for an author to be able to write a story that the reader is able to connect with. I really enjoyed the book and the stories that were told. I liked that I was able to really connect with the people in the story. It really made me think about everything I have and made me realize how blessed I really am. There was not one thing I did not like about this story. In fact I wish the author would have included more stories. ...more "

Oct 04, 2016 08:53AM · see review