8 Novels About Kids On Their Own

	Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Korman Jason moves into his brother Joe's apartment in Toronto for the summer, along with two friends. The freedom is great at first, but as the summer goes on, it becomes harder and harder to avoid losing the apartment.
	The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Orphans Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny set up home in a boxcar, trying to avoid being sent to live with Grandfather Alden, whom they have never met.
	Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker spend their summer on Wild Cat Island, their home away from home in the Lake District of North West England, hiding from natives and battling with pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett.
	Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan When their grandmother dies, Amy and Dan Cahill discover they are part of a huge and powerful network of Cahills. Now they must compete with other members of the family to track down 39 clues that will lead them to the power and fortune their grandmother left behind.
	The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright The four Melendy children pool their allowances so that each sibling might have on Saturday on his or her own in New York City.
	Homecoming by Cynthia Rylant After their mother abandons them in a grocery store parking lot, Dicey, James, Maybeth, and Sammy Tillerman travel alone on the road to their aunt's house.
	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg Claudia Kincaid and her little brother Jamie run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they become wrapped in a mystery surrounding a beautiful statue.
	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Convinced that concert flyers kept by his mother, advertising performances by Herman E. Calloway and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! are clues that will lead him to his true father, Bud sets out for Grand Rapids, looking for home and family.