What's it like if you're homeless...and you're a kid?

I was all ready to be sad when I read Almost Home by Joan Bauer, but instead I was touched, impressed, and inspired.  Sugar Mae Cole and her mom, Reba, have lost their home and moved to Chicago to start over. But after the job Reba hopes for doesn't come through, she has a breakdown, and Sugar heads to a loving foster family.  With help from a book by her late grandfather, a puppy named Shush, and an understanding teacher from her previous school, Sugar strives to carry on.  She's a strong, likable character, and many of her feelings are expressed in emails and poems that she writes.  Even though the book is fiction, it puts a real face on the issue of homelessness in a compassionate way, and yes, there are touches of humor.  This is a mesmerizing, wonderful book - I'd love to hear a book club discuss it.