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Books About Poverty & Economic Hardship

Stories about financial struggles, homelessness, and economic inequality — building empathy and understanding.

193 books

Cover of Brazil

Brazil

Anthony Swift

G2 Mild
Cover of Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat

Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat

Sean Qualls

G2 Mild
Cover of The Two Friends

The Two Friends

Anita M. Sawyers

G2 Mild
Cover of Why Is the Third World So Poor?/Phamplet (Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets)

Why Is the Third World So Poor?/Phamplet (Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets)

GREENHAVEN PR

G2 Mild
Cover of The Storm in the Barn

The Storm in the Barn

Unknown

G2 Moderate
Cover of A little princess

A little princess

Cathy East Dubowski

G3 Mild
Cover of Lulu and the Hunger Monster

Lulu and the Hunger Monster

Erik Talkin

G3 Moderate
Cover of Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Susan Evento

G3 Mild
Cover of Promo/little princess

Promo/little princess

Deborah Hautzig

G3 Mild
Cover of Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl

Susanne Bushman

G3 Mild
Cover of Great Depression

Great Depression

Veronica B. Wilkins

G3 Mild
Cover of Marmee's surprise

Marmee's surprise

Monica Kulling

G3 Mild
Cover of A baseline study on psychosocial support of orphans and vulnerable children in two villages in Botswana

A baseline study on psychosocial support of orphans and vulnerable children in two villages in Botswana

G.N. Tsheko, K. Bainame

G3 Mild
Cover of Armando and the Blue Tarp School

Armando and the Blue Tarp School

Edith Hope Fine

G3 Mild
Cover of Exploitation of Children (Global Issues)

Exploitation of Children (Global Issues)

Judith Gnnew

G3 Moderate
Cover of Promoting literacy in at-risk youth

Promoting literacy in at-risk youth

Sharon L. Query

G3 Mild
Cover of Till the Train Runs Out of Track

Till the Train Runs Out of Track

Ray Bennese

G3 Moderate
Cover of Why Does Poverty Disproportionately Affect Minorities? (Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets)

Why Does Poverty Disproportionately Affect Minorities? (Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets)

Cengage Gale

G3 Moderate
Cover of Little Big Girl

Little Big Girl

Unknown

G3 Moderate
Cover of Drylongso

Drylongso

Virginia Hamilton

G3 Mild
Cover of The Man Who Walked the Earth

The Man Who Walked the Earth

Ian Wallace

G3 Mild
Cover of Un sillón para mi mamá

Un sillón para mi mamá

Vera B. Williams

G3 Mild
Cover of A child's garden

A child's garden

Michael Foreman

G4 Moderate
Cover of The little match girl

The little match girl

Christine San José

G4 Moderate
Cover of Kids during the industrial revolution

Kids during the industrial revolution

Lisa A. Wroble

G4 Mild
Cover of Serafina's promise

Serafina's promise

Ann E. Burg

G4 Moderate
Cover of The Dirty Thirties, (American History Through Primary Sources)

The Dirty Thirties, (American History Through Primary Sources)

Sean Price

G4 Mild
Cover of The promise quilt

The promise quilt

Candice F. Ransom

G4 Moderate
Cover of What is given from the heart

What is given from the heart

Patricia C. McKissack

G4 Gentle
Cover of Surviving the Dust Bowl

Surviving the Dust Bowl

Joann Cleland

G4 Mild
Cover of Little Audrey

Little Audrey

Ruth White

G4 Moderate
Cover of Hunger

Hunger

Donna Jo Napoli

G4 Moderate
Cover of Little Miss Strange

Little Miss Strange

Joanna Rose

G4 Intense
Cover of Edward the Crazy Man

Edward the Crazy Man

Marie Day

G4 Mild
Cover of Ghetto cowboy

Ghetto cowboy

Greg Neri

G4 Moderate
Cover of Kids during the Great Depression

Kids during the Great Depression

Lisa A. Wroble

G4 Mild
Cover of Little Dog Moon

Little Dog Moon

Maxine Trottier

G4 Moderate
Cover of Waiting Place

Waiting Place

Dina Nayeri

G4 Intense
Cover of Zoli's Legacy

Zoli's Legacy

Dawn L. Watkins

G4 Moderate
Cover of Children of the Civil War

Children of the Civil War

Candice F. Ransom

G4 Moderate
Cover of Life in the Dust Bowl

Life in the Dust Bowl

Sally Senzell Isaacs

G4 Mild
Cover of Money hungry

Money hungry

Sharon G. Flake

G4 Moderate
Cover of On the Game (Sidestreets)

On the Game (Sidestreets)

Monique Polak

G4 Intense
Cover of Rosa Takes a Chance

Rosa Takes a Chance

Susan Martins Miller

G4 Mild
Cover of A Christmas Star

A Christmas Star

Linda Oatman High

G4 Mild
Cover of Children of the dust days

Children of the dust days

Karen Mueller Coombs

G4 Mild
Cover of The cats in Krasinski Square

The cats in Krasinski Square

Karen Hesse

G4 Intense
Cover of Martín de Porres

Martín de Porres

Gary D. Schmidt

G4 Mild
Cover of A Moment for Dreams

A Moment for Dreams

J. M. Smith

G5 Moderate
Cover of Across the sea from Galway

Across the sea from Galway

Leonard Everett Fisher

G5 Moderate
Cover of American Girls Collection Kit, 1934

American Girls Collection Kit, 1934

Valerie Tripp

G5 Mild
Cover of Charlie Young Bear

Charlie Young Bear

Katherine Von Ahnen

G5 Mild
Cover of Child survival under threat

Child survival under threat

Dominic E. Azuh

G5 Moderate
Cover of Deserts (Extreme Environments)

Deserts (Extreme Environments)

Charles F. Gritzner

G5 Mild
Cover of Down to Earth Sociology (Down to Earth Sociology)

Down to Earth Sociology (Down to Earth Sociology)

Henslin

G5 Moderate
Cover of Front Desk

Front Desk

Kelly Yang

G5 Moderate
Cover of Innocenti Social Monitor 2004

Innocenti Social Monitor 2004

UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre, MONEE Project

G5 Mild
Cover of Ireland

Ireland

Edward Lengel

G5 Moderate
Cover of Oprah Winfrey (DK Biography)

Oprah Winfrey (DK Biography)

Helen S. Garson

G5 Mild
Cover of Poor Mallory

Poor Mallory

Ann M. Martin

G5 Mild
Cover of Promoting Literacy At-Ris

Promoting Literacy At-Ris

Sharon L. Query

G5 Mild
Cover of The Clay Marble

The Clay Marble

Minfong Ho

G5 Moderate
Cover of The Diary of Ma Yan

The Diary of Ma Yan

Ma Yan

G5 Moderate
Cover of The Homeless

The Homeless

Christopher Jencks

G5 Mild
Cover of The Millennium Generation

The Millennium Generation

Robin Laurance

G5 Mild
Cover of Think About Poverty in the U.S.

Think About Poverty in the U.S.

Daniel W. Woods, John B. Williamson

G5 Mild
Cover of Vicki

Vicki

Marianna Dengler

G5 Mild
Cover of When the sky rained dust

When the sky rained dust

Patrick Dearen

G5 Mild
Cover of Willie Horton

Willie Horton

Grant J. Eldridge

G5 Mild
Cover of A letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

A letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

C. Coco De Young

G5 Moderate
Cover of Black Sunday Dust Blizzard

Black Sunday Dust Blizzard

Bruce Berglund

G5 Moderate
Cover of Flicker

Flicker

H. E. Edgmon

G5 Moderate
Cover of Hurdles in the Dark

Hurdles in the Dark

Elvira K. Gonzalez

G5 Intense
Cover of Leaving Glorytown

Leaving Glorytown

Eduardo F. Calcines

G5 Moderate
Cover of The little match girl

The little match girl

Jerry Pinkney

G5 Moderate
Cover of Family Picture

Family Picture

Dean Hughes

G5 Moderate
Cover of I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25)

I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25)

Lauren Tarshis

G5 Moderate
Cover of Rose's journal

Rose's journal

Marissa Moss

G5 Moderate
Cover of She Thief

She Thief

Daniel Finn

G5 Moderate
Cover of The Desperate Search (An American Adventure, Book 2)

The Desperate Search (An American Adventure, Book 2)

Lee Roddy

G5 Moderate
Cover of How I found the Strong

How I found the Strong

Margaret McMullan

G5 Moderate
Cover of MARTians

MARTians

Blythe Woolston

G5 Moderate
Cover of Winter of peril

Winter of peril

Jan Andrews

G5 Moderate
Cover of A "Kestrel for a Knave"

A "Kestrel for a Knave"

Barry Hines

G5 Moderate
Cover of A little princess

A little princess

Tania Zamorsky

G5 Mild
Cover of Family Homelessness Pack

Family Homelessness Pack

Children's Society, The

G5 Moderate
Cover of Knockabeg

Knockabeg

Mary E. Lyons

G5 Moderate
Cover of Long Journey Home - Audio

Long Journey Home - Audio

Richard J. Delaney

G5 Moderate
Cover of Lost girl found

Lost girl found

Leah Bassoff

G5 Moderate
Cover of My lost and found life

My lost and found life

Melodie Bowsher

G5 Moderate
Cover of Rags and riches

Rags and riches

Mary Pope Osborne

G5 Mild
Cover of The Circuit

The Circuit

Jean Osborn

G5 Mild
Cover of A little princess

A little princess

Eliza Gatewood Warren

G5 Mild
Cover of Highland mercies

Highland mercies

Gary E. Parker

G5 Moderate
Cover of Kiss the dust

Kiss the dust

Elizabeth Laird

G5 Intense
Cover of Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Sandra Donovan

G5 Mild
Cover of The Great American Dust Bowl

The Great American Dust Bowl

Don Brown

G5 Mild
Cover of The Killing Sea

The Killing Sea

Richard Lewis

G5 Moderate
Cover of Finding her way

Finding her way

Anne G. Faigen

G5 Mild
Cover of Got a penny?

Got a penny?

David R. Collins

G5 Mild
Cover of Loretta Little Looks Back

Loretta Little Looks Back

Andrea Davis Pinkney

G5 Moderate
Cover of The Lord of Opium

The Lord of Opium

Unknown

G5 Moderate
Cover of Blood Years

Blood Years

Elana K. Arnold

G5 Intense
Cover of El Largo Invierno / The Long Winter

El Largo Invierno / The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

G5 Moderate
Cover of In my father's house

In my father's house

Brock Thoene

G5 Moderate
Cover of Treasures in the dust

Treasures in the dust

Tracey Porter

G5 Moderate
Cover of Trueno

Trueno

William H. Armstrong

G5 Moderate
Cover of Unforgettable Catastrophes

Unforgettable Catastrophes

Unknown

G5 Moderate
Cover of Vanderbeekers Lost and Found

Vanderbeekers Lost and Found

Karina Yan Glaser

G5 Moderate
Cover of Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange

Carole Boston Weatherford

G5 Mild
Cover of Little Match Girl Strikes Back

Little Match Girl Strikes Back

Emma Carroll

G5 Moderate
Cover of Dejados atrás

Dejados atrás

Tim F. LaHaye

G6 Moderate
Cover of Illegal immigrants

Illegal immigrants

Gail Stewart

G6 Moderate
Cover of Sick Soil

Sick Soil

Kevin Blake

G6 Mild
Cover of The education of Little Tree

The education of Little Tree

Forrest Carter

G6 Mild
Cover of What Was the Great Depression?

What Was the Great Depression?

Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ

G6 Moderate
Cover of Aquellos Anos Dorados

Aquellos Anos Dorados

Laura Ingalls Wilder

G6 Mild
Cover of Cat running

Cat running

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

G6 Moderate
Cover of Saint Julie Billiart The Smiling Saint

Saint Julie Billiart The Smiling Saint

Mary Kathleen Glavich, Snd Glavich

G6 Mild
Cover of These is My Words

These is My Words

Nancy Turner

G6 Moderate
Cover of Dewey

Dewey

Vicki Myron

G6 Mild
Cover of Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Amy Robin Jones

G6 Mild
Cover of Primary Source History of the Dust Bowl

Primary Source History of the Dust Bowl

Rebecca Langston-George

G6 Mild
Cover of The journal of C.J. Jackson

The journal of C.J. Jackson

William Durbin

G6 Moderate
Cover of A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night

A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night

Song Nan Zhang

G6 Moderate
Cover of Deadly Mine

Deadly Mine

Kevin Blake

G6 Moderate
Cover of Feed the Children First

Feed the Children First

Mary E. Lyons

G6 Moderate
Cover of Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Tamra B. Orr

G6 Mild
Cover of The sin eater

The sin eater

Gary D. Schmidt

G6 Moderate
Cover of Los Primeros Cuatro Anos/the First Four Years (Little House Books)

Los Primeros Cuatro Anos/the First Four Years (Little House Books)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

G6 Moderate
Cover of A little princess

A little princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

G6 Mild
Cover of Disabled children & developing countries

Disabled children & developing countries

Pam Zinkin, Helen McConachie

G6 Mild
Cover of Dragonwings

Dragonwings

Laurence Yep

G6 Mild
Cover of Families Without Fathers

Families Without Fathers

David Popenoe

G6 Moderate
Cover of Kendrick Lamar: Platinum Rap Artist

Kendrick Lamar: Platinum Rap Artist

Heather E. Schwartz

G6 Mild
Cover of Little Princess, A

Little Princess, A

Frances Hodgson Burnett

G6 Mild
Cover of Malnourished children of the rural poor

Malnourished children of the rural poor

Judith Balderston

G6 Moderate
Cover of Orphans and destitute children in the late Ottoman Empire

Orphans and destitute children in the late Ottoman Empire

Nazan Maksudyan

G6 Mild
Cover of The Lost Prince (Puffin Classics)

The Lost Prince (Puffin Classics)

Frances Hodgson Burnett

G6 Moderate
Cover of The human rights of street and working children

The human rights of street and working children

Iain Byrne

G6 Moderate
Cover of ¿Qué fue la Gran Depresión?

¿Qué fue la Gran Depresión?

Janet B. Pascal

G6 Mild
Cover of Avoiding hunger and finding water

Avoiding hunger and finding water

Andrew Langley

G6 Mild
Cover of Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

G. Neri

G6 Mild
Cover of Little Princes

Little Princes

Conor Grennan

G6 Intense
Cover of Stones For My Father

Stones For My Father

Trilby Kent

G6 Moderate
Cover of Voices of the dust bowl

Voices of the dust bowl

Sherry Garland

G6 Mild
Cover of Survival in the Storm The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards Dalhart, Texas 1935

Survival in the Storm The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards Dalhart, Texas 1935

Unknown

G6 Moderate
Cover of Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Wendie C. Old

G7 Mild
Cover of I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to the Blindsind and beyond

I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to the Blindsind and beyond

Michael Oher, Don Yaeger

G7 Moderate
Cover of Watch me rise

Watch me rise

Douglas E. Luffborough

G7 Moderate
Cover of Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876

Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876

Brendan January

G7 Moderate
Cover of A daughter of the tenements.

A daughter of the tenements.

Edward Waterman Townsend

G7 Mild
Cover of Hardball

Hardball

Daniel Coyle

G7 Moderate
Cover of Securing the Future

Securing the Future

Sheldon Danziger, Jane Waldfogel

G7 Mild
Cover of The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

G7 Intense
Cover of The Traitor: Golden Mountain Chronicles

The Traitor: Golden Mountain Chronicles

Laurence Yep

G7 Moderate
Cover of The graves are walking

The graves are walking

John Kelly

G7 Moderate
Cover of Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children

Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children

Ann C. Crouter

G7 Moderate
Cover of Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Haydn Middleton

G7 Mild
Cover of El Gran Gatsby

El Gran Gatsby

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

G7 Moderate
Cover of Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

G7 Moderate
Cover of Dust to eat

Dust to eat

Michael L. Cooper

G7 Moderate
Cover of Refugee Crisis

Refugee Crisis

Michael E. Goodman

G7 Moderate
Cover of Years of dust

Years of dust

Albert Marrin

G7 Moderate
Cover of Children of the Great Depression

Children of the Great Depression

Russell Freedman

G8 Mild
Cover of The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

G8 Intense
Cover of The life and times of Mother Theresa

The life and times of Mother Theresa

Tanya Rice

G8 Mild
Cover of Dust bowl girls

Dust bowl girls

Lydia Reeder

G8 Mild
Cover of The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Sue Vander Hook

G8 Moderate
Cover of Immigration and Refugees

Immigration and Refugees

Heather C. Hudak

G8 Moderate
Cover of Egg and Spoon

Egg and Spoon

Gregory Maguire

G8 Moderate
Cover of Outcasts United

Outcasts United

Warren St. John

G8 Moderate
Cover of Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

G8 Intense
Cover of The bag

The bag

Sol Yurick

G8 Moderate
Cover of Teen fathers

Teen fathers

Lang, Paul

G8 Moderate
Cover of The Dust Bowl through the lens

The Dust Bowl through the lens

Martin W. Sandler

G8 Mild
Cover of The Way People Live - Life During the Dust Bowl (The Way People Live)

The Way People Live - Life During the Dust Bowl (The Way People Live)

Diane Yancey

G8 Moderate
Cover of The dust bowl and the Depression in American history

The dust bowl and the Depression in American history

Debra McArthur

G8 Moderate
Cover of The Importance of Mother Teresa

The Importance of Mother Teresa

Rafael Tilton

G8 Mild
Cover of America's great disasters

America's great disasters

Martin W. Sandler

G8 Moderate
Cover of Climate migrants

Climate migrants

Rebecca E. Hirsch

G8 Moderate
Cover of Hurricane force

Hurricane force

Joseph B. Treaster

G8 Moderate
Cover of Life under the Taliban

Life under the Taliban

Gail Stewart

G9 Intense
Cover of Homeless or hopeless?

Homeless or hopeless?

Margery G. Nichelason

G9 Moderate
Cover of The way things never were

The way things never were

Norman H. Finkelstein

G9 Mild
Cover of Diminishing resources.

Diminishing resources.

James G. Workman

G10 Mild
Cover of The Arab-Israeli conflict

The Arab-Israeli conflict

Ivan Minnis

G10 Intense
Cover of Little Nell

Little Nell

G10 Moderate
Cover of The 1930s

The 1930s

Petra Press

G10 Moderate
Cover of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Debra A. Miller

G10 Moderate
Cover of Somalia

Somalia

Salome Nnoromele

G10 Mild
Cover of Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries)

Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries)

Gail Stewart

G10 Mild
Cover of The Great Society

The Great Society

Craig E. Blohm

G10 Moderate