Way Home

This is a heartbreaking story that reveals the life of a homeless boy, Shane. We follow Shane through the streets of the town he lives in. He meets a cat and decides that they will be friends and that the cat will come home with him. He comes up with all sorts of names for the cat, and never shows much pity or self-loathing throughout the story. Shane is just living the way he knows how and seems to be making the best of it. This would be for 5th graders or older. The children should be able to understand what is happening and should be able to appreciate the fact that Shane is homeless and all alone.

This gives the reader a realistic view into the life of a homeless boy - his hardships, loneliness, and need for love. He finds a cat to call his own and brings the cat on an adventure just to get "home". Appropriate for upper elementary and middle school ages.

Shane, a boy living in a city finds a companion in a cat, Shane takes the cat on a journey to his home, and at the end of the story we find Shane is homeless and alone. I like this story because its realistic fiction, with the view point told from the little boy, who isn't mad or sad, he is just living the way he knows how to. I also like this story because the illustrations do a nice job reflecting the text, with light and texture expressing emotion and depicting the setting. I recommend this book to children grades 2nd through 6th.

Way Home is a powerful and heart-wrenching story about a young boy who finds a cat on the street. He finds his "way home" and along the way he finds names to call the cat. In the end, we find out that the boy's home is living on the streets. This emotional story is recommended for students in older elementary school such as 5th or 6th grade.

This story is about a homeless boy who befriends a cat and realizes that he doesn't need much in life to be happy. I enjoyed this book because it discuss social issues and has a different perspective on life for children who may never experience this social issue personally. I would recommend this book for grades 2-5.

A boy finds a cat that is angry and frightened. He starts heading home with the cat in his coat and brainstorms names for the cat which ends up being "Mycat". At the end of the story he crawls through a chain link fence into a cubby hole sized shack where the boy has been living alone.

I think that this is a great read because it shows us as teachers that not every student comes from the same place. We need to make sure our students have the all of the bottom tiers of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs so that they can reach the top. I would introduce this book in the third grade classroom because they will be able to make connections with the book and really stop and think about it. I feel like their are many activities that can relate to this show more book as well. show less

The story talks about Shane who is making his way home with the strange sounds and bright lights of the big city. He first runs into a stray cat that spits and hisses at him. He ends up deciding to take the cat home with him. Shane runs into many obstacles on his way home, but nothing will stop him from getting his new cat to his house.