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Prince is 9 years old, ebullient and bright; he has spent much of the pandemic navigating the Google Classroom app from his mother\u2019s phone.\n\nThe uncertainty and isolation of the coronavirus lockdown is not new to him \u2014 he is one of New York City\u2019s more than 100,000 homeless schoolchildren, the largest demographic within the homeless population.\n\nFamilies like Prince\u2019s are largely invisible.\n\nSamantha M. Shapiro, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, has spent the last two years speaking with over a dozen homeless families with children of school age. On this week\u2019s The Sunday Read, she explores what their lives are like.\n\nThis story was written by Samantha M. Shapiro and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.