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Poverty & Homelessness

  • Fly Away HomeQuick View
    By: Eve Bunting

    Fly Away Home

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    A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope when a trapped bird finally finds its freedom.

    • Author: Bunting, Eve
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 22, 1993
    • ISBN10: 0395664152
    • Language: English
  • Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural AmericaQuick View
    By: Gigi Georges

    Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

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    • Author: Georges, Gigi
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: June 07, 2022
    • ISBN10: 0062984446
    • Language: English
  • Shelter Out of stock Quick View
    By: Christie Matheson

    Shelter

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    A heart-wrenching middle grade debut that considers homelessness from one girl’s perspective and explores deep truths about the resounding impact of empathy. Perfect for fans of One for the Murphys an… [more below]

    • Author: Matheson, Christie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: October 12 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593376382
    • Language: English
  • A Place Called Home: A MemoirQuick View
    By: David Ambroz

    A Place Called Home: A Memoir

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    PORCHLIGHT BESTSELLER
    Zibby Owens 2022 Book of the Year

    A galvanizing, stirring memoir about growing up homeless and in foster care and rising to become a leading advocate for child welfare, recogni

    • Author: Ambroz, David
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: September 13, 2022
    • ISBN10: 0306903547
    • Language: English
  • Crenshaw Out of stock Quick View
    By: Katherine Applegate

    Crenshaw

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    In her first novel since The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.

    Jackson and his fa

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    • Author: Applegate, Katherine
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: September 22 2015
    • ISBN10: 1250043239
    • Language: English
  • I Like, I Don't LikeQuick View
    By: Anna Baccelliere

    I Like, I Don’t Like

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    National Council for the Social Studies-Children’s Book Council: 2018 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

    An eye-opening introduction to an important issue

    The UN Convention on the Ri

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    • Author: Baccelliere, Anna
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 28
    • Publish Date: March 06 2017
    • ISBN10: 080285480X
    • Language: English
  • What Is Given from the HeartQuick View
    By: Patricia C. McKissack

    What Is Given from the Heart

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    CORETTA SCOTT KING – JOHN STEPTOE ILLUSTRATOR AWARD FOR NEW TALENT WINNER

    This final, magnificent picture book from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissa

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    • Author: McKissack, Patricia C.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: January 08 2019
    • ISBN10: 0375836152
    • Language: English
  • Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras Out of stock Quick View
    By: Nelson Rodríguez

    Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras

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    The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List – PreK-2 (2024)

    A beautiful, empowering story about the impact of literacy in underprivileged communitie

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    • Series: Stories from Latin America
    • Author: Rodríguez, Nelson
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 0802856160
    • Language: English
  • Simon B. Rhymin'Quick View
    By: Dwayne Reed

    Simon B. Rhymin’

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    A funny and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a kid rapper whose rhymes bring his community together, by America’s favorite rapping teacher from Chicago.

    As featured on Good Mornin

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    • Series: Simon B. Rhymin’ #1
    • Author: Reed, Dwayne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: January 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 0316538965
    • Language: English
  • Bo and the Community Garden Out of stock Quick View
    By: Elliott Smith

    Bo and the Community Garden

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    Bo and his friends are working on a community garden at school. But what if they can’t agree on what to plant? See what they decide as Bo learns about the benefits of the garden.

    Bo’s life is always b

  • Home in the WoodsQuick View
    By: Eliza Wheeler

    Home in the Woods

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    This stunningly beautiful picture book from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Eliza Wheeler is based on her grandmother’s childhood and pays homage to a family’s fortitude as they discover

    • Author: Wheeler, Eliza
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: October 01, 2019
    • ISBN10: 0399162909
    • Language: English
  • Luna RancheraQuick View
    By: Rodrigo Morlesin

    Luna Ranchera

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    Welcome to the show! Bienvenidos! This rags-to-riches tale of a doggy mother-daughter singing act in the Nuevo Wild West will enchant dog lovers, music lovers, and anyone looking for new Latinx voice

    • Author: Morlesin, Rodrigo
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: June 20, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662651104
    • Language: English
  • HomeQuick View
    By: Tonya Lippert

    Home

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    In the brown house, Claire and Wes were home. But home turned to nowhere and nowhere turned to anywhere. Then somewhere finally came, and finally, always.

    This lyrical story is timely and thoughtful

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    • Author: Lippert, Tonya
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: February 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 1433836866
    • Language: English
  • Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of TearsQuick View
    By: Cornelissen, Cornelia

    Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

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    It all begins when Soft Rain’s teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called “the land of darkness”. . .the… [more below]

    • Author: Cornelissen, Cornelia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: November 09, 1999
    • ISBN10: 0440412420
    • Language: English
  • The Magician's Elephant Movie Tie-In Out of stock Quick View
    By: Kate DiCamillo

    The Magician’s Elephant Movie Tie-In

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    Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling fable about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true is now available in a movie tie-in edition.

    When a fortuneteller’s tent appears

    • Author: DiCamillo, Kate
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: January 17, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1536230316
    • Language: English
  • Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to SurviveQuick View
    By: Stephanie Land

    Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive

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    “A single mother’s personal, unflinching look at America’s class divide (Barack Obama),” this New York Times bestselling memoir is the inspiration for the Netflix limited series, hailed by Rolling Sto

    • Author: Land, Stephanie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: January 21, 2020
    • ISBN10: 0316505099
    • Language: English
  • I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street Out of stock Quick View
    By: Matt Taibbi

    I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street

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    A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police–from the bestselling author of The Divide

    NAMED ONE

    • Author: Taibbi, Matt
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: September 04, 2018
    • ISBN10: 081298885X
    • Language: English
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityQuick View
    By: Matthew Desmond

    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – NAMED ONE OF TIME‘S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE – One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new… [more below]

    • Author: Desmond, Matthew
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: February 28 2017
    • ISBN10: 0553447459
    • Language: English
  • Days of Destruction, Days of RevoltQuick View
    By: Chris Hedges

    Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

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    Two years ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up … [more below]

    • Author: Hedges, Chris
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: April 08 2014
    • ISBN10: 1568588240
    • Language: English
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