Poverty & Homelessness
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Making Room: Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth
$18.00 Read moreFrom 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 Read moreWhat 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 Add to cartFor 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
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Yard Sale
$7.99 Add to cart“While the topic of moving is covered in a multitude of picture books, this one looks at it from a difficult perspective that most authors choose to avoid or gloss over.” — School Library Journal (st… [more below]
- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0763693057
- Language: English
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Dust for Dinner
$5.99 Add to cartJake and Maggy lived on a farm where they loved to sing and dance to the music from Mama’s radio. Then terrible dust storms came and ruined the land. The family had no choice but to auction off the fa
- Series: I Can Read Level 3 #1
- Author: Turner, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 1997
- ISBN10: 006444225X
- Language: English
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Enly and the Buskin’ Blues
$19.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis is determined to go to band camp and follow in the footsteps of his musician father, who died years ago.
But his mom, a single parent working two jobs, is saving every
- Author: Liu, Jennie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728424569
- Language: English
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
$8.99 Add to cartEven a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope” … [more below]
- Author: Rundell, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1442490624
- Language: English
