A book about empathy
When sixth graders Charlie and Colleen discover that their beloved third-grade teacher, Joseph Adams, is now homeless and living on the streets, they set out to make friends with the deeply troubled man and inspire him and members of the community to support him in his time of trouble.
Author Note: When I was a teacher I’d take classes on walking trips along the sidewalks of Berkeley where I live.  If we passed a street person asking for spare change, the children would grow silent and offered kind smiles.  I wondered what the students would do if one of them ever recognized one of the homeless men—let’s say, a former teacher.So