Poverty & Homelessness
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The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap
$16.95 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
From the award-winning author of Small Mercies, named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews
“I’ve decided that some people put out fires and l
- Author: Krone, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1946395668
- Language: English
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Carry Me Home
$18.99 Read more“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” –Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky
Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secre- Author: Fox, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1534485082
- Language: English
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Bella the Shelter Dog
$20.00 Add to cartBella the Shelter Dog is the story about a young pup and her journey to finding her forever home. It is based on true events.
Hello Friends,
I am the real Bella! I would like to thank the Fairfield Cou
- Author: Zwahlen, Debbie J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1636613020
- Language: English
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A Good Trade
$14.95 Add to cartWhen an aid worker brings a life-changing gift to Kato’s Ugandan village, he finds something beautiful to give her in return
In a small Ugandan village, Kato wakes early to start the long, barefoot tre
- Author: Fullerton, Alma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1772781185
- Language: English
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Girl of the Southern Sea
$12.95 Add to cartThe Governor General’s Literary Award-nominated novel about a girl from the slums of Jakarta who dreams of an education and a future as a writer
From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up
- Author: Kadarusman, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 177278236X
- Language: English
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Almost Home
$9.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor winner Joan Bauer’s new novel will touch your heart
When twelve-year-old Sugar’s grandfather dies and her gambling father takes off yet again, Sugar and her mother lose their home in Mis- Author: Bauer, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0142427489
- Language: English
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Sami’s Special Gift: An Eid Al-Adha Story
$17.99 Add to cart“Sami receives one of his grandfather’s ties as an Eid al-Adha gift and makes some important decisions.”–
- Author: Yuksel, M. O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1623542960
- Language: English
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And Then, Boom!
$18.99 Add to cartA gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him
Joe Oak is used to li- Author: Fipps, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 059340632X
- Language: English
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Conversations with the Homeless
$14.99 Add to cartIn Conversations with the Homeless Pernotto tells 113 individual stories- some inspiring, others heartbreaking-to give readers a clearer picture of what homelessness really looks like. Pernotto finds … [more below]
- Author: Pernotto, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1467584118
- Language: English
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The One Day House
$17.99 Read moreWilson dreams of all the ways he can help improve his friend Gigi’s house so that she’ll be warm, comfortable, and happy.
One day, friends and neighbors from all over come to help make Wilson’s plans- Author: Durango, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1580897096
- Language: English
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The Smallest Snowflake
$17.95 Read moreFollow your dreams in this heartwarming winter tale!
Every snowflake has a dream. While the other snowflakes boast about their plans to travel on to glamorous and far off destinations– the most beaut- Author: Watts, Bernadette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0735845085
- Language: English
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Just Juice
$7.99 Read moreJuice Faulstich lives with her pa and ma and four sisters in the North Carolina hills. Working with her hands comes easy to Juice, but not school. This year, she’s back again in Miss Hamble’s third gr… [more below]
- Series: Scholastic Signature
- Author: Hesse, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0590033832
- Language: English
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Forever This Summer
$7.99 Add to cartThe second book from critically acclaimed author Leslie C. Youngblood, about family, identity, and learning to stand up for what’s right — now in paperback! Georgie has no idea what to expect when sh… [more below]
- Series: Love Like Sky
- Author: Youngblood, Leslie C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0316103217
- Language: English
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Heroes Like Us: Two Stories: The Day We Met the Queen; The Great Food Bank Heist
$16.99 Read moreFrom Onjali Q. Rauf, acclaimed author of The Boy At the Back of the Class, come two poignant tales of modern-day heroism, featuring supermarket theives, a visit with the Queen, and plenty of laughs!
T- Author: Ra?f, Onjali Q
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593488199
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
$10.99 Add to cartThe classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he … [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 19 2008
- ISBN10: 0141322438
- Language: English
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Night on the Sand
$17.99 Read moreIn a tender tale of community and resiliency, two brothers who become refugees find hope in their bond with each other and through their connections with the people they encounter.
“We were not alone,”
- Author: Mayper, Monica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 132888418X
- Language: English
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Bobby’s Story
$7.99 Read moreWhen Bobby learns more about homelessness, he wants to tell his classmates and help make a difference. But everyone is busy and distracted by their own activities. Can he find a way to tell this impor… [more below]
- Series: Mr. Grizley’s Class
- Author: Avery, Bryan Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666339199
- Language: English
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The Circuit Graphic Novel
$15.99 Add to cartPoignantly told from a young boy’s perspective, the popular and award-winning memoir centered on a Mexican family working California’s fields is now a powerful graphic novel that will appeal to reader
- Series: Circuit
- Author: Jiménez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0358348226
- Language: English
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
$18.99 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 he
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Milway, Katie Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1554530288
- Language: English
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
$21.99 Add to cart“Enthralling; it is well worth the trip.” —New York Journal of Books
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York’s Blackwell’s Island, site of a lun… [more below]- Author: Horn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1616209356
- Language: English
