Poverty

Private Peaceful

When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his chi

20th century, England, fiction, Great Britain, Historical fiction

Lupita Manana

Patricia Beatty

To help her poverty-stricken family, thirteen-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra.".

fiction, Immigration and emigration, Mexico, Poverty, United States

So Many Partings

Cathy Cash Spellman

The story of a family whose past is deeply rooted in the turbulance of Irish history but who thrive and flourish in the America of the twentieth century.

fic, Irish immigrant, Poverty

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

fiction, Poverty

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