|
Running Shoes
|
Frederick Lipp |
Sophy, a determined young girl living in an impoverished Cambodian village, fulfills her dream of going to school--with the help of a pair of running shoes. |
OL108406W |
|
Whatever it takes
|
Paul Tough |
An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to … |
OL11921156W |
|
Poverty alleviation and pro-poor growth in India
|
Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay |
This book seeks to evaluate India's poverty reduction strategy by analysing the pro-poorness of policies and programmes in terms of resources allocation, governance and implementation. Equally import… |
OL11967603W |
|
The Purim goat
|
Yuri Suhl |
Hoping to earn some money so his pet goat won't be sold to pay a debt, a poor Jewish boy teaches the animal to dance. |
OL1245862W |
|
Patiently Alice
|
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
It's the summer after Alice's freshman year, she's survived her breakup with Patrick, and she and her friends are looking forwards to their jobs as assistant camp counselors. Alice feels as if she's … |
OL13426W |
|
Secret star
|
Nancy Springer |
Fourteen years old, dirt-poor, and unable to remember anything that happened to her before she was ten, Tess is happy living with her wheelchair-bound stepfather, until a scarred young man finds her … |
OL14957530W |
|
Ethan Frome and other stories (Ethan Frome / Dilettante / Other Two / Xingu)
|
Edith Wharton |
Contains:
- [Ethan Frome](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W/Ethan_Frome)
- The other two
- The dilettante
- Xingu |
OL15000117W |
|
Saint Iggy
|
K. L. Going |
Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his fri… |
OL15048434W |
|
Moonshine
|
Gary L. Blackwood |
During the Depression, in the Ozarks of Missouri, thirteen-year-old Thad has adventures selling moonshine and fishing with a rich visitor. |
OL15057813W |
|
Striped ice cream!
|
Joan M. Lexau |
A seven-year-old Negro girl is resigned to the fact that her mother can not afford anything special for her birthday, but she does not understand why her older sisters and brother seem to turn agains… |
OL15153185W |
|
I Capture the Castle
|
Dodie Smith |
Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chron… |
OL1518582W |
|
Broke, USA
|
Gary Rivlin |
For most people, the Great Crash of 2008 has meant troubling times. Not so for those in the flourishing poverty industry, for whom the economic woes spell an opportunity to expand and grow. These mer… |
OL15190085W |
|
The Basket of Flowers; or, Piety and Truth Triumphant
|
Christoph von Schmid |
"A Basket of Flowers," which is set in 18th century Germany, is the tale of a godly young woman and her father who wrongly suffer great persecution, but who learn to trust the sovereign hand of God t… |
OL15215516W |
|
Laskar Pelangi
|
Andrea Hirata |
“Laskar Pelangi adalah ramuan pengalaman dan imajinasi yang menarik, yang menjawab inti pertanyaan kita tentang hubungan-hubungan antara gagasan sederhana, kendala, dan kualitas pendidikan.” —Sapardi… |
OL15302003W |
|
Tenement
|
Raymond Bial |
Presents a view of New York City's tenements during the peak years of foreign immigration, discussing living conditions, laws pertaining to tenements, and the occupations of their residents. |
OL15853309W |
|
Hobo Jungle
|
Dorothy Joan Harris |
During the Depression in 1939, ten-year-old Ellen misses her life before her father lost his job and her family had to move in with her grandfather in Vancouver, but when she meets a friendly homeles… |
OL873969W |
|
Ending Poverty As We Know It
|
William P. Quigley |
Across the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week...and living in poverty. This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does thei… |
OL8982436W |
|
Together We Stand
|
M.W. Allen |
351 pages ; 23 cm |
OL9721074W |
|
The Edith Wharton Omnibus (Age of Innocence / Ethan Frome / Old New York)
|
Edith Wharton |
Contains:
- Age of Innocence
- [Ethan Frome](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W/Ethan_Frome)
- Old New York |
OL98499W |
|
Ethan Frome
|
Edith Wharton |
*Edith Wharton wrote Ethan Frome as a frame story — meaning that the prologue and epilogue constitute a "frame" around the main story*
**How It All Goes Down**
It's winter. A nameless engineer is… |
OL98501W |