Poverty & Homelessness
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Maddi’s Fridge
$17.95 Read moreWinner of:
With humor and warmth, this children’
2014 Christopher Award, Books for Young People
2014 ILA Primary Fiction Award
2015 MLA Mitten Award Honor
Human Rights in Children’s Literature Honor- Series: Maddi’s Fridge
- Author: Brandt, Lois
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1936261294
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
$10.99 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, Roger Lancelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0141329386
- Language: English
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Sed. Imagina Un Mundo Donde El Agua Es Para Todos / Thirst
$13.95 Read moreBestseller del New York Times.
Libro ganador del premio Junior Library Guild Gold Selection 2023.
La fascinante historia de Minni, una ni?a que defiende su convicci?n de que el agua debe ser para to- Author: Bajaj, Varsha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1644738368
- Language: Spanish
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How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
$19.99 Add to cartThis important book “weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative” (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional dispar
- Author: Fielding-Singh, Priya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 2, 2023
- ISBN10: 031642725X
- Language: English
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice
Astra Taylor, author of The People’s- Author: Eubanks, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 6, 2019
- ISBN10: 1250215781
- Language: English
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I See You: A Story for Kids about Homelessness and Being Unhoused
$15.95 Read moreI See You is a wordless picture book that depicts a homeless woman who is not seen by everyone around her — except for a little boy.
Over the course of a year, the boy is witness to all that she end
- Author: Genhart, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1433827581
- Language: English
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If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
$30.00 Add to cartA moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth–told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.
They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school brea
- Author: Sokolik, Vicki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 195411849X
- Language: English
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Punching Bag
$9.95 Add to cartPunching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free L
- Author: Ogle, Rex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 132405221X
- Language: English
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Make Your Mark, Make a Difference: A Kid’s Guide to Standing Up for People, Animals, and the Planet
$22.99 Add to cartTake the first steps into activism with this comprehensive middle grade guide that empowers readers to choose and become knowledgeable in a cause they are most passionate to reform, and to create mean… [more below]
- Author: Galat, Joan Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 13, 2024
- ISBN10: 1582708452
- Language: English
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Born Behind Bars
$9.99 Add to cartThe author of the award-winning The Bridge Home brings readers another gripping novel set in Chennai, India, featuring a boy who’s unexpectedly released into the world after spending his whole life in… [more below]
- Author: Venkatraman, Padma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593112490
- Language: English
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER – NAMED ONE OF TIME‘S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE
“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the mos- Author: Boo, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 08, 2014
- ISBN10: 081297932X
- Language: English
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
$21.00 Add to cartThis New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta gl… [more below]
- Author: LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0743254430
- Language: English
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive
$36.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land’s memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehr… [more below]- Author: Land, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0316505110
- Language: English
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The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It)
$34.95 Read moreHow our false narratives about post-racism and meritocracy have been used to condone egregious economic outcomes–and what we can do to fix the system.
The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narrativ- Author: Fuhrer, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048396
- Language: English
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Piece by Piece: Ernestine’s Gift for President Roosevelt
$20.99 Read moreDuring the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero’s family didn’t have much.
The Mexican American teen was so grateful for the government food aid they received in San Antonio, Texas, that she wanted t
- Author: Ruiz-Flores, Lupe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728460433
- Language: English
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All Kinds of Special
$18.99 Read moreFor fans of Home Is Where the Birds Sing and Me & Mama, this tenderhearted picture book follows a little girl’s journey to make her new house a home, one mango at a time.
Mia and her mama used to live- Author: Sauer, Tammi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1534496033
- Language: English
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The Puffin in Bloom Collection
$70.00 Add to cartPuffin in Bloom: A collection of classics with stunning cover art by renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.’s principal artist, Anna Bond, now available as an exquisite gift set Featuring all four
- Series: Puffin in Bloom
- Author: Various
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0147518741
- Language: English
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
$9.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener!
A Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!
“A stunning historical fantasy . . . with compelling characters.” ―School Library Journal
STARRED REVI… [more below]- Author: Auxier, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1419737023
- Language: English
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I Am David
$9.99 Add to cartIn this gripping story, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark, after escaping from the eastern European prison camp where h… [more below]
- Author: Holm, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: 1-Jan-04
- ISBN10: 0152051600
- Language: English
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102 Days of Lying about Lauren
$18.99 Read moreAfter being abandoned by her mother in a most unusual place, a defiant heroine sticks to her plan for staying hidden–even though getting caught could mean saving her life.
Twelve-year-old Mouse calls- Author: Jortner, Maura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0823453626
- Language: English
