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Related ReadingsFICTIONAllison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. NY: Dutton, 1992.Bone, an illegitimate child in a family of social outcasts, sees her mother's happiness with her new husband and will not tell when the stepfather begins abusing her in the 1950s. Flake, Sharon. Begging for Change. NY: Hyperion, 2003. This sequel to Money Hungry (Hyperion, 2001) finds Raspberry doing odd jobs to earn additional money, only to have it stolen by her homeless, drug-addicted father more than once. Froehlich, Margaret Walden. Reasons to Stay. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. After mother's death, twelve-year-old Babe begins to learn some hard truths about her mother's life--truths that shake her confidence and her sense of self-worth. Grove, Vicki. Destiny. NY: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 2000. Twelve-year-old Destiny tries to find meaning in her art in a life complicated by three younger siblings, a mother who dreams of winning the lottery, and her mother's unscrupulous boyfriend. Holman, Felice. Slake’s Limbo. New York: Scribner, 1974. Discover the world of 13-year-old Artemis Slake as he survives in the subway tunnels of New York and overcomes through the help of caring strangers. Jones, Traci L. Standing Against the Wind. NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2006. As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized. Karr, Kathleen. Oh, Those Harper Girls!: Or, Young and Dangerous. NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1992. In West Texas in 1869, Lily and her five older sisters participate in a series of misguided schemes to save their father's ranch. Masterman-Smith, Virginia. First Mate Tate. NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2000. Her parents' gambling addiction robs twelve-year-old Emily, nicknamed "First Mate", of her childhood as she must care for her younger siblings and earn money to pay family expenses. Mazer, Norma Fox. What I Believe: A Novel. Orlando, FL: 2005. A young girl faces her problems by writing down her thoughts about the family's personal and financial crises, including the loss of her father's job and the selling of their home. Myers, Walter Dean. Slam! NY: Scholastic Press, 1990. Seventeen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently. Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to. NONFICTIONCurrent Controversies – Poverty and the Homeless. NY: Greenhave Press, 2004.Poverty and homelessness are sadly evident in America's cities-and even in some of the nation's rural areas. Contributors examine the root causes of poverty and what should be done to help the poor and the homeless. Social Issues Firsthand – Poverty. NY: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Poverty grips millions worldwide - from the working poor to the homeless and destitute. Collecting intimate stories of individuals living in poverty and those helping them, this anthology includes personal narratives of poor people struggling to survive on little or no income, and also writings that convey the thoughts and deeds of people trying to alleviate the plight of the impoverished. OTHER RELATED READINGSBookSuggester powered by LibraryThing: Suggestions for Money Hungry by Sharon Flakehttp://www.librarything.com/suggester/1973572 |
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