Books About Group Homes

The Best Group Homes Books for Kids

By the Bookroo Editors

Looking for excellent children's books about group homes? This collection brings together Bookroo's highest-rated and most useful picks in one place.

Start with our editorial favorites, then browse recommendations organized by reading stage to find the right book for your reader.

The Shortlist

Our 2 Favorite Books About Group Homes

The Juvie Three
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$858
Chapter Book · Ages 13–17 · 2008

The Juvie Three

By Gordon Korman

Three teenage boys from different backgrounds navigate a new life in a halfway house after being released from juvenile detention.

256 pages· 50,867 words· Est. 4.5 hour read
3.9 Goodreads · 3,438 ratings
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Paperback
Summary: Gecko, Terence, and Arjay are juvenile delinquents given a fresh start at a halfway house. When their mentor, Healy, loses his memory after an accident, the boys face a dilemma. To avoid returning to detention, they concoct a daring plan to keep the house running without him. But with every move, the risk of discovery looms. Can they maintain the facade, or will their past catch up with them, ending their chance at redemption?
Bucking the Sarge
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$858
Chapter Book · Ages 12–+ · 2004

Bucking the Sarge

By Christopher Paul Curtis

A teen trapped in his mother's shady empire plots his escape.

288 pages· 66,051 words· Est. 7.5 hour read
3.6 Goodreads · 1,757 ratings
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Mass Market Paperbound
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Luther T. Farrell runs a group home for his mother, the Sarge, a Flint, Michigan slumlord. He dreams of college and becoming a philosopher, and winning the science fair is his ticket out, if he can beat his rival and get free of the Sarge's schemes.