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I'm the girl : a novel / by Summers, Courtney.;
When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer. She is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege-- and the fight for her life. As Ashley's killer closes in, it may not be a matter of who is guilty, but who is guiltiest.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Poverty; Wealth; Social classes; Sex crimes; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Invisible child : poverty, survival, and hope in an American city / by Elliott, Andrea,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age in the twenty-first century, New York City's homeless crisis is exploding amid the growing chasm between rich and poor. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental addiction, violence, housing instability, pollution, segregated schools, and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system. When, at age thirteen, Dasani enrolls at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, her loyalties are tested like never before. As she learns to "code-switch" between the culture she left behind and the norms of her new town, Dasani starts to feel like a stranger in both places. Ultimately, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning the family you love?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Coates, Dasani, 2001-; African American homeless children; Homeless children;
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With the devil's help : a true story of poverty, mental illness, and murder / by Wooten, Neal,author.;
Neal Wooten traces five decades of his dirt-poor, Alabama mountain family as the years and secrets coalesce.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Wooten, Neal; Poor families;
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Stacey speaks up / by Abrams, Stacey.; Thomas, Kitt.;
Includes bibliographical references.Stacey and her friends can't wait for lunchtime on Friday, also known as TacoPizza FryDay! But when Stacey discovers that some of her classmates can't afford to eat lunch, she loses her appetite. She knows she has to do something . . . but what can a kid do? Plenty, as it turns out! With the help of their community, Stacey and her friends devise a plan to make their voices heard.Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Picture books.; Food; Schools; Poverty; Social justice; Activism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A duet for home / by Glaser, Karina Yan.;
"It's June's first day at Huey House, and...[she] can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?"--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Public housing; Friendship; Musicians; Families; Poverty;
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Weathering : the extraordinary stress of ordinary life in an unjust society / by Geronimus, Arline T.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people"--
Subjects: Equality; Poverty; Racism; Health;
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Omar rising / by Saeed, Aisha,author.; Adam, Vikas,narrator.; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.;
Narrated by Vikas Adam.Grades 5 - 9.In this compelling companion to New York Times best seller Amal Unbound, Amal's friend Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school. Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him - the son of a servant - with an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can't wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. First-year scholarship students aren't allowed to join clubs or teams - and not only that, they have to earn their keep doing menial chores. At first, Omar is dejected - but then he gets angry when he learns something even worse - the school deliberately "weeds out" kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can pay tuition, making it nearly impossible for scholarship students to graduate. It's a good thing that in his favorite class, he's learned the importance of being stubbornly optimistic. So with the help of his tightknit new group of friends - and with the threat of expulsion looming over him - he sets out to do what seems impossible: Change a rigged system.
Subjects: Social problem fiction.; School fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Boarding schools; Schools; Social status; Poverty; Classism;
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First snow, last light / by Johnston, Wayne,1958-author.;
Subjects: Missing persons; Loss (Psychology); Families; Poverty; Poor;
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Outta here / by Beddia, Lea,author.;
"Outta Here is the story of a lively and imaginative small-town teen living with a mom whose pain medication has led to addiction, leaving little money for basics--like food. Elise's best friend and her sympathetic teachers offer what help they can, but there's only so much they can do. Elise's situation suddenly turns dangerous when her mother invites a fellow addict into their lives. Elise has to find a way to get out--to get to college, pay for her education, and deal with her mother's lifestyle."--RL 5.2.013+.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Children of drug addicts; Drug addicts; Friendship; Mothers and daughters; Opioid abuse; Poverty; Children of drug addicts; Drug addicts; Friendship; Mothers and daughters; Opioid abuse; Poverty;
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A world of three zeros : the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions / by Yunus, Muhammad,1940-author.; Weber, Karl,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Capitalism; Economic development; Equality; Social responsibility of business.; Sustainable development.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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