Couch to Couch

By Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

Motels, couches, a friend's floor — Couch to Couch follows Jada, sixteen, through the real life of housing instability: the backpack that never fully unpacks, the borrowed blanket folded before the house wakes, the school she is determined not to lose — and the God who, Moses said, has been His people's dwelling place in all generations (Psalm 90:1). With zero pity and zero shame, it names her rights in plain language (the McKinney-Vento Act: stay in your school, get your transport, tell the counselor), honors a family doing its best in a hard economy, and walks a path forward — morning mercies, people who carry a corner, and a future and a hope that no waitlist can overrule. Direct, practical, and full of dignity, with a "Your move this week" practice in every chapter.

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