Poverty
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Una Bicicleta Como La de Sergio
$8.99 Read more“Boelts lays out Ruben’s ethical dilemma and emotional turmoil without preaching, and his struggle toward the moral choice . . . is both dramatic and genuine.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Es- Author: Boelts, Maribeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 09, 2019
- ISBN10: 1536205656
- Language: Spanish
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Catching Fire
$29.99 Add to cartThe second novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins, now an acclaimed film series starring Jennifer Lawrence
Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge
- Series: Hunger Games Series (Large Print) #2
- Author: Collins, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798212979993
- Language: English
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Runner
$15.99 Add to cartWhen a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina. Chase knows how much he … [more below]
- Author: Deuker, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0618735054
- Language: English
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Poor People
$19.99 Add to cartThat was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann’s fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously
- Author: Vollmann, William T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0060878843
- Language: English
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The Hunger Games
$29.99 Add to cartThe first novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins, now an acclaimed film series starring Jennifer Lawrence
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Ga
- Series: Hunger Games Series (Large Print) #1
- Author: Collins, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: December 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798212979986
- Language: English
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The Lucky Poor
$12.00 Add to cart“Will appeal to a range of readers, from fans of Raina Telgemeier to comics on social issues.” — BOOKLIST
Mazie’s family has been offered a fantastic gift: their very own, brand-new house, built for- Author: Lovie, Mazie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1638991251
- Language: English
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Bastard Out of Carolina
$19.00 Add to cartA profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South and “an essential novel” (The New Yorker)
“As close to flawless as any reader could ask for . . . The living language [Allison] has created … [more below]- Author: Allison, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0452297753
- Language: English
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Beyond the Cobblestones
$29.99 Add to cartClaudia lives in a very small town in Southern Italy where the cobblestone streets are so narrow you can’t have a car, not that there is any money for one. No money, no food and barely any education.
- Author: Ramondo, Luisa Livorno
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1637306199
- Language: English
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain
$21.00 Add to cartBo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune–in the hote… [more below]
- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0525435239
- Language: English
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Beyond the Cobblestones
$14.99 Add to cartClaudia lives in a very small town in Southern Italy where the cobblestone streets are so narrow you can’t have a car, not that there is any money for one. No money, no food and barely any education.
- Author: Ramondo, Luisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: September 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1636768806
- Language: English
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Star of Light
$9.99 Add to cartHamid rubbed the light from his eyes and looked again. He was not dreaming; it was his stepfather!
The man watched Kinza as a snake might watch a baby rabbit at play, waiting for the moment to strike.
- Series: Patricia St John
- Author: St John, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0802465773
- Language: English
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Sun Don’t Shine
$18.95 Read moreSixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets. She has to be, since her father abducted her ten years ago. For as long as she can remember, she’s been on the run, sneaking food out of the dum… [more below]
- Author: Chappell, Crissa-Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1646034309
- Language: English
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Golden Arm
$15.99 Add to cartIn this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty–one strike at a time. By “a premier author of provocative
- Author: Deuker, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0358667941
- Language: English
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The Lucky Ones
$18.99 Read moreAward-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family–and to … [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1536222550
- Language: English
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If I Grow Up
$10.99 Add to cartIn a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his frie… [more below]
- Author: Strasser, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1416994432
- Language: English
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Cousins
$17.95 Read moreFour women from La Plata, Argentina, are forced to suffer through a series of ordeals thanks to their impoverished, dysfunctional family–in this darkly comic literary masterpiece from Aurora Venturin… [more below]
- Author: Venturini, Aurora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1593767293
- Language: English
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The Dutch House: A Read with Jenna Pick
$30.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize
New York Times Bestseller A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick A New York Times Book Review Notable Book TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2019
Named one of
- Author: Patchett, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24, 2019
- ISBN10: 0062963678
- Language: English
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Five Little Indians
$22.99 Add to cartWINNER: Canada Reads 2022
WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction
WINNER: Amazon First Novel Award
WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize
Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize
Finalist: Atwood Gibso
- Author: Good, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 1443459186
- Language: English
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Sounder: A Newbery Award Winner
$9.99 Read moreThe Newbery Medal-winning classic novel about the courage and faith–and the love of a dog–that give a family strength in the face of inhumanity.
The boy knows that times are tough for his family. E
- Author: Armstrong, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 30 2019
- ISBN10: 0064400204
- Language: English
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The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
$19.99 Read moreIt only takes one strike . . . A powerful, beautifully illustrated feminist reworking of the classic fairy tale, from award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child
“You’ve got a lot to say for- Author: Carroll, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1536233358
- Language: English
