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Poverty
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RunnerLiving with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns |
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Private PeacefulWhen 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 |
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Private PeacefulWhen 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 |
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HeavenHeaven, her brother Tom, and the younger children of the Casteel family cling to their pride despite being the poorest family in the hills. |
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Nickel and DimedAuthor 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 |
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Maggie, a Girl of the Streets and Other Short FictionFeatures the tale of a pretty young girl driven to brutal excesses by poverty and loneliness, and includes four additional short stories by Crane. |
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Bastard Out of CarolinaA child narrator delivers a startling tale of Southern poverty and family violence. |
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HeavenHeaven, her brother Tom, and the younger children of the Casteel family cling to their pride despite being the poorest family in the hills. |
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Tortilla FlatReprint of 1947 edition. |
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SounderAngry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted |
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