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Book cover of 6 CROWS
6 CROWS
By: leo lionni | Published: September 2010

The beloved farming fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni! While a farmer tends his field of wheat, six hungry crows watch and...

The beloved farming fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni! While a farmer tends his field of wheat, six hungry crows watch and wait in a nearby tree. When the wheat ripens, the farmer builds a scarecrow to frighten them off, but these ingenious crows are not so easily scared. Bringing this original fable to life with brilliant collages, Leo Lionni deftly draws parallels between animal and human behavior that children can readily appreciate. And once again he shows us that compromise can work magic.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9780375845505
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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ALEX RIDER NIGHT SHADE 12
By: anthony horowitz | Published: April 2020

Teen spy Alex Rider is sent to a maximum security facility in Gibraltar to impersonate Julius Grief while seeking information about a new criminal...

Teen spy Alex Rider is sent to a maximum security facility in Gibraltar to impersonate Julius Grief while seeking information about a new criminal organization called Nightshade.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9780593115312
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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AUNT PEARL
By: monica kulling | Published: August 2019

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her...

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family.? Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules. As the weeks pass, Pearl grows quieter and more withdrawn, until, one morning, she is gone.? Acclaimed author Monica Kulling brings sensitivity to this story about homelessness, family and love, beautifully illustrated in Irene Luxbacher's rich collage style.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781773061535
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book
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BEGINNERS WELCOME
By: cindy baldwin | Published: February 2020

It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his...

It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his favorite songs, there's shaving cream in the sink every morning, and the TV keeps flipping to the Duke basketball games he loved. She knows Mama notices it too, but Mama's been working around the clock to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Annie Lee's friends ditched her over the summer. She feels completely alone--until she meets Mitch. Though Mitch is tough and confident on the outside, she may need a friend just as badly as Annie Lee. But after losing so much, Annie Lee is afraid to let anyone get too close. And Mitch isn't the only friend trying to break through Annie Lee's defenses. Ray, an elderly pianist who plays at a local mall, has been giving her piano lessons. His music is pure magic, and Annie Lee hopes it might be the key to healing her broken heart. But when Ray goes missing, searching for him means breaking a promise to Mitch. Faced with once again losing those who mean the most to her, Annie Lee must make a choice: retreat back into her shell, or risk admitting how much she needs Mitch and Ray--even if it means getting hurt all over again.

Theme: Poverty, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9780062665898
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS
By: ann braden | Published: September 2018

Named an NPR Best Book of 2018 Named to the Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019 Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List...

Named an NPR Best Book of 2018 Named to the Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019 Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List Named to the Maine's Student Book Award List Named to the Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List​ 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.

Theme: Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781510737488
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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BIKE LIKE SERGIO'S
By: maribeth boelts | Published: October 2016

When Ruben, who longs to have a bike like his friend Sergios that his family cannot afford, finds money in a grocery store, he has to make a tough...

When Ruben, who longs to have a bike like his friend Sergios that his family cannot afford, finds money in a grocery store, he has to make a tough decision about what to do with it.

Theme: Poverty, Character Education

  • ISBN
    9780763666491
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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BIRD CHILD
By: nan forler | Published: August 2009

When Eliza first witnesses a group of children bullying a new girl named Lainey, she is too afraid to speak up to help her, but when she eventually...

When Eliza first witnesses a group of children bullying a new girl named Lainey, she is too afraid to speak up to help her, but when she eventually finds the strength to stick up for Lainey, other children do the same.

Theme: Poverty, Bullying issues, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9780887768941
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Picture Book - Advanced
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Book cover of BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED
BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED
By: echo brown | Published: January 2022

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . ....

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she's worked for. Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited is a transcendent coming-of-age story.

Theme: Poverty, Prejudice & Racism, Magical Realism

  • ISBN
    9781250763549
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
By: william kamkwamba | Published: January 2012

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let...

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.

Theme: Poverty, Big Ideas, Literacy, Character Education

  • ISBN
    9780803735118
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book - Advanced
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BRIGHT SHINING MOMENT
By: deb loughead | Published: September 2018

Aline hides under the hay when her father takes her to school in their horse-drawn sled. She’s embarrassed that her mother raises chickens in...

Aline hides under the hay when her father takes her to school in their horse-drawn sled. She’s embarrassed that her mother raises chickens in their yard, and doesn’t want her school friends to find out that their family has taken in boarders for the extra money. When she learns that her sworn enemy, Jeanine, can buy chewing gum, Aline is furious at the unfairness. She knows that Jeanine’s family is even poorer than her own. When Aline’s mother can’t spare any money for a charity drive at school, Aline decides to steal a coin from her purse. She quickly feels terrible. But how can she confess? Aline comes to realize that life is more complicated than she thought. A ten-cent coin can cost you more in unhappiness than you ever imagined, a sworn enemy can become a friend, and the hard times make the bright and shining moments glow even brighter.

Theme: Historical Fiction, Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781772600681
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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CARDBOARD CITY
By: katarina jovanovic | Published: June 2023

Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in...

Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in Belgrade, Serbia.

Theme: Prejudice & Racism, Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781990598104
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Graphic Novel Teen
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CONTEST
By: caroline stellings | Published: September 2009

Theme: Diversity, Indigenous, Humour, Poverty

  • ISBN
    9781897187647
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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Book cover of CRENSHAW
CRENSHAW
By: katherine applegate | Published: September 2015

Theme: Poverty, Social Justice

  • ISBN
    9781250043238
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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CRENSHAW
By: katherine applegate | Published: September 2017

Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister,...

Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?

Theme: Poverty, Social Justice

  • ISBN
    9781250091666
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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FIREFLY
By: philippa dowding | Published: February 2021

A thirteen-year-old girl who prefers homelessness to living with her abusive mother is sent to live with an aunt, whose costume shop helps her...

A thirteen-year-old girl who prefers homelessness to living with her abusive mother is sent to live with an aunt, whose costume shop helps her discover who she is, and what a family is.

Theme: Poverty, Family Relationships

  • ISBN
    9781770865983
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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