What he doesn’t know is that his mother hasn’t been paying the motel fees, and soon the family is living in their car. Hoping to get the funds for a new place and escape the “Smoky Inn,” Isaiah goes into a partnership with his best friend Sneaky, who operates a candy business.īetween that money and prize winnings that Isaiah hopes to collect after entering one of his dad’s stories in a contest, Isaiah plans to rescue his family. This ten-year-old young man is forced to accept other responsibilities, as well. While his mother is incapacitated by grief, Isaiah is expected to watch and entertain his four-year-old sister and to keep up in school at Woodson Elementary. Gary’s wife, Lisa subsequently falls into a debilitating depression accompanied by a bout with alcoholism. The Dunn family’s homelessness is brought on by the death of Isaiah’s and Charlie’s father, Gary Dunn, on November 24 due to a heart attack. Baptist addresses the issue of homelessness from a child’s perspective. A story of resilience, Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J.
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