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[2019]., Adolescent, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub. Call No: 305.5 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines poverty in the United States, looking at causes and contributing factors, and discussing homelessness, education, and health care.
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2019., Adolescent, Essential Library Call No: 362.5 HARRIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Class in AmericaSummary Note: Examines topics surrounding social and economic classes in American, highlighting how they affect the political landscape of the nation. Includes maps, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY FIC FAV Edition: 1st ed.: April 2018. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs, primary source documents, and firsthand accounts describe the history of the Great Depression during the 1930s, focusing on what was happening in the United States.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: HISTORY NF FAV Edition: 1st ed.: April 2018. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs, primary source documents, and firsthand accounts describe the history of the Great Depression during the 1930s, focusing on what was happening in the United States.
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Ã2016., Crown Publishers Call No: 339.4 DES Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the fates of eight families struggling to pay their rent in the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, discussing the human cost of America's vast inequality.
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[2016], Crown Publishers Call No: 339.46 Des Des Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Highlights eight families in Milwaukee who are living in the poorest neighborhoods just barely getting by. Examines the eviction of families from their homes, and provides ideas for changing this increasingly common course in America.
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c2011., Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning Call No: 362.5 DOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issueSummary Note: Authors present differing opinions on whether welfare reforms have helped America's poor, whether education is a cure for poverty, whether marriage reduces poverty, and whether capitalism is the cure for poverty.
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2016., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B 920 Ali Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a true story of how twelve-year-old Caitlin Alifirenka from Pennsylvania became a pen pal with Martin Ganda, who lives in Zimbabwe. Describes how the letters they exchanged changed both of their lives and led to a lifelong friendship.
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By Merino, Noël[2016]., Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning Call No: 339.2 MER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Summary Note: A collection of essays on income inequality in the United States.
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2019., Greenhaven Pub. Call No: 362.5 0973 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Between 1996 and 2017, the number of families on welfare declined to less than a quarter of its former rate of coverage, yet nearly twice as many households live in extreme poverty and nearly 25 percent of American children live in poverty. What can be done to help these children and families escape poverty? Are government programs like welfare the best solution, or are there other ways to pull families out of poverty? This volume looks at the issue of poverty, the various theories about why it proliferates, and a number of proposed strategies to fight it"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Greenhaven Publishing Call No: 362.5 Lea Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Current controversies.Summary Note: Examines a variety of topics related to poverty and public assistance in the U.S., highlighting both sides of each topic through a collection of essays. Includes resources for further information.
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2016., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: HISTORICAL F BAY Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: With her mama recently dead and her pa out of the picture since her birth, big sister Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister - and the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father - and fast. And so when a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity by its beard.
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2011, c2001., Picador Call No: 305.5 EHR Edition: 1st Picador ed., 10th anniversary ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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2002, c2001., Metropolitan/Owl Book Call No: Realistic 305.5 Ehr Edition: 1st Owl Books ed. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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-- Nickel & dimed2001, Picador, a Metropolitan book/Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 305.5 69 092 Edition: The 10th anniversar Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time she joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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2009, c2010., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 339.4 60973 Click here to read this ebook provided by OCM SLS Summary Note: Helps readers use critical thinking to create informed opinions on where they stand on the issue of poverty in America.
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2009, c2010., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 339.4 60973 Click here to read this ebook provided by OCM SLS Summary Note: Helps readers use critical thinking to create informed opinions on where they stand on the issue of poverty in America.
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2009, c2010., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 339.4 60973 Click here to read this ebook provided by OCM SLS Summary Note: Helps readers use critical thinking to create informed opinions on where they stand on the issue of poverty in America.
