Poverty & Homelessness
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No Place Like Home
$8.99 Add to cartA middle-grade novel by James Bird about homelessness and hope.
When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren’t guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a- Author: Bird, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 125087761X
- Language: English
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Where’s Home?: People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and
$23.99 Add to cartWhere’s Home? People Experiencing Homelessness In La Crosse County Share their Stories On a Quest for Understanding, Belonging, and Stability.
Bobbi felt a strong pull to interview the people of the h
- Author: Rathert, Bobbi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218465728
- Language: English
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Gather
$10.99 Read more“A heartfelt novel about the challenges of youth and the value of community.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Ian Gray isn’t supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn’t happen end up
- Author: Cadow, Kenneth M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1536239917
- Language: English
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The Wages of Peace: How to Confront Economic Inequality and Love Your Neighbor Well
$19.99 Add to cartIt’s getting harder and harder to get by.
Inflation. Stagnant wages. Spiraling costs of living. Even in the world’s wealthiest nation, it is too hard to earn enough money to thrive without a tremendo- Author: Humphreys, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1513813765
- Language: English
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Making Room: Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth
$18.00 Add to cartFrom a pioneering advocate for LGBTQ youth, a gripping, impassioned account of how an unhoused queer youth’s murder compelled him to create the nation’s largest housing program for homeless LGBTQ teen… [more below]
- Author: Siciliano, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0593444248
- Language: English
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The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
$21.99 Read moreA sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the acclaimed $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.
“This book forces you to see American pove
- Author: Edin, Kathryn J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0063239523
- Language: English
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Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor
$18.99 Read moreLittle by little, drop by drop Kailash Satyarthi devoted his life to battling international child labor and exploitation. In 2014 his work earned him a Nobel Peace Prize alongside Malala Yousafzai.
“M- Author: Venkat, Srividhya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1499815697
- Language: English
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My Beautiful Birds
$13.95 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Children’s Books selection. The moving story of one boy’s refugee experience in the Syrian Civil War and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing
Behind Sami, t
- Author: del Rizzo, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1772781215
- Language: English
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Lulu and the Hunger Monster / Lulú Y El Monstruo del Hambre
$16.99 Read moreAward-winning Lulu and the Hunger Monster is also available as a bilingual book in Spanish and English.
When Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes i
- Series: Food Justice Books for Kids
- Author: Talkin, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1631987259
- Language: Spanish
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Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay
$17.99 Add to cartA determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low-income community in this funny, fast-paced read just right for fans of Kelly Yang’s Front Desk.
Sunny Parker l- Author: Finnegan, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 166593008X
- Language: English
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The Night Bus Hero
$8.99 Add to cartWhat does it take to turn a bully into a hero? Empathy and the power of forgiveness take center stage in this poignant novel–now in paperback!–by the award-winning author of The Boy at the Back of t… [more below]
- Author: Raúf, Onjali Q
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593382064
- Language: English
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
$12.99 Add to cartInspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to help… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Milway, Katie Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1894786092
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
$16.99 Add to cartThe classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking r… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Green, Richard Lancelyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0141334894
- Language: English
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The Wrong Way Home
$17.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Fern believes she’s living a noble life–but what if everything she’s been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything–and to trust in her… [more below]
- Author: O’Shaughnessy, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0593650735
- Language: English
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Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Strawberries
$9.99 Read moreFlicka, Ricka, and Dicka are going wild-strawberry picking. Mother is going to pay them for every basket they gather. When they stop at a cottage along the way, they meet Mary, her baby brother, and M
- Series: Flicka, Ricka, Dicka
- Author: Lindman, Maj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 080752512X
- Language: English
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Born Behind Bars
$17.99 Add to cart“Venkatraman has never met a heavy theme she did not like….Borrowing elements of fable, it’s told with a recurring sense of awe by a boy whom the world, for most of his life, has existed only in sto… [more below]
- Author: Venkatraman, Padma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593112474
- Language: English
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A Little Princess
$10.99 Add to cartAlone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to make friends at boarding school and settle in. But when she learns that she’ll never see her beloved father again, her life is turned upside down. T… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0141321121
- Language: English
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A Good Night for Mr.Coleman
$19.99 Add to cartA story about believing in yourself and something bigger.
An inspiring, imaginatively illustrated children’s book written by Kathy Izard, award-winning author of The Hundred Story Home, and illustrated
- Author: Izard, Kathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0997778423
- Language: English
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Kit: Turning Things Around
$7.99 Read moreFor Kit, the Depression has brought big changes: a houseful of boarders, tons of chores, and no birthday party. Then Aunt Millie arrives, and it looks as if her great ideas might turn things around fo… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371593
- Language: English
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The Library Bus
$12.95 Add to cartThe Middle East Book Award winner and Governor General’s
Literary Award finalist inspired by Kabul, Afghanistan’s first library bus is
now in paperback!It is still
dark in Kabul, Afghanistan when the lib… [more below]- Author: Rahman, Bahram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1772782653
- Language: English
