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economic hardship

Books about economic hardship for readers of all ages.

Cover of Riding the flume

Riding the flume

Patricia Curtis Pfitsch

Ages 10–14coming-of-ageresilience

Cover of Julie's summer

Julie's summer

Crystal Thrasher

Ages 9–13coming of agefamily

Cover of My mother lost her job today

My mother lost her job today

Judy Delton

Ages 5–10familyloss and change

Cover of The Miner's Daughter

The Miner's Daughter

Gretchen Moran Laskas

Ages 10–14familyperseverance

Cover of The luck of the Buttons

The luck of the Buttons

Anne Ylvisaker

Ages 9–13family resilienceperseverance

Cover of Nelda

Nelda

Edwards, Pat

Ages 8–12familyresilience

Cover of Summer On The Run

Summer On The Run

Nancy Belgue

Ages 9–13familyresilience

Cover of Starting over

Starting over

Susan Martins Miller

Ages 8–12resiliencefaith

Cover of The wizard's tide

The wizard's tide

Frederick Buechner

Ages 10–14familyperseverance

Cover of Really truly Ruthie

Really truly Ruthie

Valerie Tripp

Ages 8–12resourcefulnessresilience

Cover of Kids during the Great Depression

Kids during the Great Depression

Lisa A. Wroble

Ages 7–12historyresilience

Cover of What Was the Great Depression?

What Was the Great Depression?

Janet B. Pascal, Dede Putra, Who HQ

Ages 8–12historyresilience

Cover of Ida Early Comes over the Mountain

Ida Early Comes over the Mountain

Robert Burch

Ages 8–12familyresilience

Cover of The effects of job loss on the family

The effects of job loss on the family

Michele Alpern

Ages 10–15family resilienceeconomic hardship

Cover of Kids during the Great Depression

Kids during the Great Depression

Lisa A. Wroble

Ages 8–12historyresilience

Cover of Tree by leaf

Tree by leaf

Cynthia Voigt

Ages 11–16family resiliencecoming of age

Cover of The Great Depression

The Great Depression

Michael Burgan

Ages 9–13historyresilience

Cover of With love from Booky

With love from Booky

Bernice Thurman Hunter

Ages 8–12self-discoveryresilience

Cover of Skate freak

Skate freak

Lesley Choyce

Ages 10–15family resiliencefriendship

Cover of We Want Jobs!

We Want Jobs!

Robert J. Norrell, Alex Haley, John Waskowitz, Jan Naimo Jones, John Waskowitz

Ages 9–14economic hardshipperseverance

Cover of The history of a clergyman's widow and her young family

The history of a clergyman's widow and her young family

Barbara Wreaks Hoole Hofland

Ages 10–14familyfaith