poor

Explores the issues of poverty in the United States through real-life stories of poor people and the agencies and organizations available to help them.

Presents thirty opposing arguments on the issue of poverty in the U.S. and worldwide, covering its causes, severity, and potential solutions, and includes an introduction, discussion questions, periodical and book bibliographies, and an annotated list of organizations.

Discusses facts behind Mary Pope Osborne's "A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time," covering topics such as the Victorian lifestyle and the lives of children during the time of Charles Dickens.

Oona Hegerty, a poor woman, has always longed for her own cabin, and on Christmas Eve, after being trapped in the snow with no shelter, she finds a group of wee people who work to grant her wish.

A collection of poems that tell the story of Ludie, a poor woman in a coal-mining town in West Virginia, from her childhood to her adolescent years, and then through her married life into her old age.

A retelling of Samuel Clemens's classic novel "Prince and the Pauper" presented in graphic novel format.

Provides a detailed picture of what life in the slums of New York was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offers suggestions for easing the lot of the poor.

Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, trying to earn the money for college, takes a job caring for the two children of Jolly, a single teenage mom, and must find the courage to make the right decision for all of them after Jolly is fired.

In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever that has left her skinny and needing to wear glasses.

Examines the problem of hunger in developing countries and discusses possible solutions.