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David Copperfield David Copperfield Charles Dickens David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rooke… OL10322056W
Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities) Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities) Charles Dickens Contains: - [Great Expectations](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8721462W) - [Oliver Twist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8193478W) - [Tale of Two Cities](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL87… OL14869391W
Closing Time Closing Time Joe Queenan A deeply funny and affecting memoir about a great escape from a childhood of povertyJoe Queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop cu… OL14951996W
Little Darlings Little Darlings Jacqueline Wilson Sunset lives a life of luxury with her beautiful ex-model mum, a world-famous ex-rocker dad and two little celeb siblings. But life on the red carpet is no compensation for rowing parents, constant n… OL15653091W
In the deep heart's core In the deep heart's core Michael Johnston The uplifting story of a Teach for America volunteer in the rural Mississippi Delta has been praised by Robert Coles as "a compelling and important moral witness to education efforts today." OL16062879W
Childhood poverty Childhood poverty M. F. C. Bourdillon,Jo Boyden "The Young Lives project is a long-term study of childhood poverty in developing countries. International experts follow two groups of children in poor communities in four countries as they grow into… OL16451459W
An invisible thread An invisible thread Laura Schroff He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spa… OL16485637W
Improving access to oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations Improving access to oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations Committee on Oral Health Access to Services (U.S.) "Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less lik… OL16558960W
What Once Was Lost What Once Was Lost Kim Vogel Sawyer A woman meant to serve, a child in the dark, a man standing apart—can these three souls embrace a God with new plans for them? OL16807658W
Faces of Poverty Faces of Poverty Jill Duerr Berrick Over the course of a year, Berrick spent numerous hours as a participant-observer with five women and their families, documenting their daily activities, thoughts, and fears as they managed the strai… OL17784045W
Iqbal Masih and the crusaders against child slavery Iqbal Masih and the crusaders against child slavery Susan Kuklin An account of the former Pakistani child labor activist whose life and unexplained murder has brought to the attention of the world the evil of child bondage. OL1813816W
Children bound to labor Children bound to labor Ruth Wallis Herndon,John E. Murray The history of early America cannot be told without considering unfree labor. At the center of this history are African and Native American adults forced into slavery; the children born to these unfr… OL18729744W
Constructing social reality Constructing social reality Loretta J. Brunious "This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and how this process influences their perception and creation of self. It argues that… OL1914936W
Child poverty in large families Child poverty in large families Jonathan Bradshaw xiii, 49 pages : 30 cm OL19449392W
Uncensored Uncensored Zachary R. Wood As the president of the student group Uncomfortable Learning at Williams College, there's no one Zachary Wood has refused to debate or engage with simply because he disagrees with their beliefs. Here… OL19753108W
'We ain't got no drink, Pa' 'We ain't got no drink, Pa' Hilda Kemp Growing up in the slums of 1920s and 30s Bermondsey, Hilda Kemp's childhood was one of chaos and fear. Hilda knew what it was to grow up in desperate poverty, what it was to feel hunger. The eldest o… OL20869333W
What makes a difference What makes a difference John M. Love "A randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs ... "--P. [4] of cover. OL22645009W
Same scenery, different lifestyle Same scenery, different lifestyle Davis, Jim v, 74 p. ; 22 cm OL2274847W
Ragged Dick Ragged Dick Horatio Alger, Jr. "Ragged Dick" was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evid… OL2341714W
Children, school, and work Children, school, and work Georges Kristoffel Lieten Chiefly on the social and economic conditions of poor children; study based on surveys in the rural and urban areas of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, and Rajasthan. OL24024545W
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