Poverty Kids

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    • What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It
    • By: Eric Jensen
    • Narrated by: Basil Sands
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
    • Educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the US and demonstrates how schools can improve the academic achievement and life readiness of economically disadvantaged students....

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    • By: Matthew Desmond
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 848 ratings
    • The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....

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    • By: Rex Ogle
    • Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
    • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 237 ratings
    • Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program....

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    • The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them
    • By: Randy Christensen M.D., Rene Denfeld
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen....

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    • Kids Can Help
    • By: Emily Raij
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 16 mins
    • Release date: 04-24-24
    • Language: English
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    • Make the world a better place for people in need! This book is full of ideas and projects listeners can put into action to fight poverty.

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Philip N. Jefferson
    • Narrated by: Leon Nixon
    • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In this Very Short Introduction, Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us....

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    • Self-help Collection about Ultimate 80 Reasons Why People Go Broke Despite Working
    • By: Brad Kong
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-24
    • Language: English
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    • "Why had Germany lost WWII? I think Germans focused on something not bringing them direct victory – they didn't fight in constructive ways. ...

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    • How a Mixed-Race Kid Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Arrive at the American Dream
    • By: JeVon McCormick
    • Narrated by: Amir Abdullah, JeVon McCormick
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 07-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • He was born the mixed-race son of a negligent, drug-dealing pimp father and a struggling single mother. He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse and racism. No one expected him to succeed. But succeed he did....

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    • America's Lost Street Kids
    • By: Vivian Ho
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • In Those Who Wander, Vivian Ho delves deep into a rising subculture that’s changing the fabric of her city and urban America. Moving beyond the disheartening statistics, she gives voices to these people - victims of abuse, failed foster care, mental illness, and drug addiction....

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    • The Lives of Runaway and Thrownaway Teens, Second Edition
    • By: R. Barri Flowers
    • Narrated by: Wendy Almeida
    • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 04-08-19
    • Language: English
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    • Street Kids: The Lives of Runaway and Thrownaway Teens, Second Edition, by award-winning and best-selling criminologist R. Barri Flowers, is an audiobook that examines the pathway from home to homeless for runaways and thrownaways, including precursors to life on the street...

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    • By: Mary McLeod
    • Narrated by: Katie Haigh
    • Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-18
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The legend of the famous hero Robin Hood originates in dramatic pieces and ballads from the 15th century in England. His story has been given shape...

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    • The Homeless Journey of America's Forgotten Teens
    • By: Alexandra Fisher
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-16-24
    • Language: English
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    • Alexandra Fisher is a passionate advocate for social justice and a champion of the rights of vulnerable youth. With a background in social work and...

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    • By: Matthew Landis
    • Narrated by: Matt Braver, Stacy Gonzalez
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Eight hundred seventy-eight dollars. That’s how much Ronny needs to make by January 4 to keep his family’s only car from getting repossessed....

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    • By: Nanci Turner Steveson
    • Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Lizzie St. Claire wants to be invisible. Forced to move out of her home, she and her mom now live in a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they can get back on their feet. But at the nearby Birchwood Stables, she meets some new friends....

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    • By: Jon Mikkelsen, Nathan Lueth
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 15 mins
    • Release date: 03-16-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • It's not fair. Greg seems to skip soccer practice at least once a week. But everyone else has to go, or else! One day, Caleb and Ian decide to figure out where Greg goes when he's not at practice....

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    • By: Russell Freedman
    • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
    • Length: 39 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s - but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops....

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    • Realistic Fiction for ages 9-12
    • By: Dianna Dorisi Winget
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-24
    • Language: English
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    • A homeless girl, a devoted dog, and the incredible risk they take to stay together. An unforgettable story of love, family, and bonds that can ...

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    • A Children's Handbook on Empathy, Kindness and Making a Better World
    • By: Onjali Q. Raúf, Pippa Curnick - illustrator, Isobel Lundie - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Onjali Q. Raúf
    • Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-22
    • Language: English
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    • Growing up, there is so much out of our control and to feel frustrated about. But in this inspiring and practical handbook, bestselling children's author and Human Rights campaigner, Onjali Raúf, shares her top ten ways for finding hope, creating change and making a difference....

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