Poverty

$2.00 a day: living on almost nothing in America. Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer. 339.46 EDI
Almost home: helping kids move from homelessness to hope. Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley. 362.775 RYA
American dream: three women, ten kids, and a nation’s drive to end welfare. Jason DeParle. 362.5 DEP
An American mosaic: prose and poetry by everyday folk. 810.8 AME
The American way of poverty: how the other half still lives. Sasha Abramsky. 362.5 ABR
Ask me why I hurt: the kids nobody wants and the doctor who heals them. Randy Christensen. 362.775 CHR
Automating inequality: how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor. Virginia Eubanks. 362.5 EUB
Becoming whole: the opposite of poverty isn’t the American dream. Brian Fikkert, Kelly M. Kapic. 261.8325 FIK
Beyond the blackboard: lessons on love from the School With No Name. Stacey Bess. 371.826 BES
Born on third base: a one percenter makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home, and committing to the common good. Chuck Collins. 303.484 COL
Born to rise: a story of children and teachers reaching their highest potential. Deborah Kenny. 371.826 KEN
Boys in poverty: a framework for understanding dropout. Ruby K. Payne, Paul D. Slocumb. 371.2913 PAY
The bridge to brilliance: how one principal in a tough community is inspiring the world. Nadia Lopez. 371.01 LOP
A chance to win: boyhood, baseball, and the struggle for redemption in the inner city. Jonathan Schuppe. 363.45 SCH
Chasing Gideon: the elusive quest for poor people’s justice. Karen Houppert. 345.056 HOU
Compassion, justice, and the Christian life: rethinking ministry to the poor. Robert D. Lupton. 253 LUP
The conscience of a liberal. Paul Krugman. 339.22 KRU
Creative capitalism: a conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other economic leaders. 330.122 CRE
Crossing the tracks for love: what to do when you and your partner grew up in different worlds. Ruby K. Payne. 306.872 PAY
Crunch: why do I feel so squeezed? (and other unsolved economic mysteries). Jared Bernstein. 330.973 BER
Days of destruction, days of revolt. Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco. 305.56 HED
Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism. Anne Case, Angus Deaton. 362.28 CAS
Delta epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi. Ellen B. Meacham. 362.5 MEA
Dignity: seeking respect in back row America. Chris Arnade. 362.5097 ARN
Disintegration: the splintering of Black America. Eugene Robinson. 305.896 ROB
The divide: American injustice in the age of the wealth gap. Matt Taibbi. 303.372 TAI
Economic gangsters: corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations. Raymond Fisman, Edward Miguel. 364.1323 FIS
Economics for the rest of us: debunking the science that makes life dismal. Moshe Adler. 330 ADL
Economism: bad economics and the rise of inequality. James Kwak. 330 KWA
Educating all God’s children: what Christians can–and should–do to improve public education for low-income kids. Nicole Baker Fulgham. 261.832 FUL
End unemployment now: how to eliminate joblessness, debt, and poverty despite Congress. Ravi Batra. 331.1377 BAT
Enough: the phony leaders, dead-end movements, and culture of failure that are undermining Black America–and what we can do about it. Juan Williams. 973.0496 WIL
Exiled in America: life on the margins in a residential motel. Christopher P. Dum. 305.568 DUM
Extreme economies: what life at the world’s margins can teach us about our own future. Richard Davies. 306.3 DAV
Family properties: race, real estate, and the exploitation of Black urban America. Beryl Satter. 363.59 SAT
Fire in the ashes: twenty-five years among the poorest children in America. Jonathan Kozol. 362.775 KOZ, CD 362.775 KOZ
Flat broke with children: women in the age of welfare reform. Sharon Hays. 362.8392 HAY
A framework for understanding poverty. Ruby K. Payne. 362.5 PAY
From the war on poverty to the war on crime: the making of mass incarceration in America. Elizabeth Hinton. 364.973 HIN
Generous justice: how God’s grace makes us just. Timothy Keller. 261.8 KEL, CD 261.8 KEL
A gift of hope: helping the homeless. Danielle Steel. 362.592 STE
Golden gates: fighting for housing in America. Conor Dougherty. 363.5 DOU
Grace can lead us home: a Christian call to end homelessness. Kevin Nye. 261.8325 NYE
The great divergence: America’s growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it. Timothy Noah. 339.22 NOA
The Hamlet Fire: a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. Bryant Simon. 363.1196 SIM
Hand to mouth: living in bootstrap America. Linda Tirado. 362.5 TIR
The haves and the have-nots: a brief and idiosyncratic history of global inequality. Branko Milanovic. 339.2 MIL
The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world. Michael Marmot. 362.1042 MAR
Hidden in the rubble: a Haitian pilgrimage to compassion and resurrection. Gerard Thomas Straub. 972.4207 STR
High-risers: Cabrini-Green and the fate of American public housing. Ben Austen. 363.585 AUS
Hold fast to dreams: a college guidance counselor, his students, and the vision of a life beyond poverty. Beth Zasloff, Joshua Steckel. 371.4 ZAS
The hole in our Gospel. Richard Stearns. 261.83 STE
Homeless at Harvard: finding faith and friendship on the streets of Harvard Square. John Christopher Frame. 362.592 FRA
Homelessness. 362.592 HOM
How children succeed: grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character. Paul Tough. 372.21 TOU
How the other half banks: exclusion, exploitation, and the threat to democracy. Mehrsa Baradaran. 332.1 BAR
Hunger: the oldest problem. Martín Caparrós. 363.8 CAP
I wish my teacher knew: how one question can change everything for our kids. Kyle Schwartz. 370.114 SCH
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty. Nina Munk. 362.57 MUN, CD 362.57 MUN
In our hands: a plan to replace the welfare state. Charles Murray. 361.68 MUR
Jesus and money: a guide for times of financial crisis. Ben Witherington III. 261.85 WIT
Just generosity: a new vision for overcoming poverty in America. Ronald J. Sider. 362.58 SID
The least among us: waging the battle for the vulnerable. Rosa L. DeLauro. 362.9 DEL
The life you can save: acting now to end world poverty. Peter Singer. 362.5 SIN
More than houses: how Habitat for Humanity is transforming lives and neighborhoods. Millard Fuller. 363.5 FUL
Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America. Barbara Ehrenreich. 305.569 EHR
No house to call my home: love, family, and other transgressions. Ryan Berg. 362.78 BER
Nobody: casualties of America’s war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond. Marc Lamont Hill. 306.2 HIL
On the clock: what low-wage work did to me and how it drives America insane. Emily Guendelsberger. 331.09 GUE
On the move: a speech. Bono. 261.8 BON
Out of sight, out of mind: homeless children and families in small-town America. Yvonne M. Vissing. 362.5 VIS
The political origins of inequality: why a more equal world is better for us all. Simon Reid-Henry. 330.1 REI
Poor people. William T. Vollmann. 362.5 VOL
Poverty: opposing viewpoints. 362.5 POV
The power of half: one family’s decision to stop taking and start giving back. Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen. 178 SAL
The power of proximity: moving beyond awareness to action. Michelle Ferrigno Warren. 261.8325 WAR
The privileged poor: how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students. Anthony Abraham Jack. 378.1982 JAC
Profit and punishment: how America criminalizes the poor in the name of justice. Tony Messenger. 362.5561 MES
Punishment without crime: how our massive misdemeanor system traps the innocent and makes America more unequal. Alexandra Natapoff. 364.6 NAT, Ebook
Race for profit: how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. 363.51 TAY
Random family: love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. 362.5 LEB
Rich Christians in an age of hunger: moving from affluence to generosity. Ronald J. Sider. 261.85 SID
The road out: a teacher’s odyssey in poor America. Deborah Hicks. 371.822 HIC
The Samaritan’s dilemma: should government help your neighbor? Deborah Stone. 177.7 STO
Saving capitalism: for the many, not the few. Robert B. Reich. 330.973 REI, Ebook
Scarcity: why having too little means so much. Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir. 338.521 MUL
Scratch beginnings: me, $25, and the search for the American dream. Adam Shepard. 305.569 SHE
The shadow system: mass incarceration and the American family. Sylvia A. Harvey. 362.8295 HAR
So rich, so poor: why it’s so hard to end poverty in America. Peter Edelman. 339.46 EDE
Something needs to change: a call to make your life count in a world of urgent need. David Platt. 261.8325 PLA
The Stop: how the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement. Nick Saul, Andrea Curtis. 363.85 SAU
Strangers at my door: a true story of finding Jesus in unexpected guests. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. 241.671 WIL
Sunbelt blues: the failure of American housing. Andrew Ross. 363.51 ROS
Take this bread: a radical conversion. Sara Miles. 248.24 MIL
This land is their land: reports from a divided nation. Barbara Ehrenreich. 330.9 EHR
Toxic charity: how churches and charities hurt those they help (and how to reverse it). Robert D. Lupton. 361.75 LUP
Troop 6000: the Girl Scout troop that began in a shelter and inspired the world. Nikita Stewart. 369.463 STE
U.S. National debate topic 2009-2010: social services for the poor. 362.58 USN
The United States of Wal-Mart. John Dicker. 381.14 DIC
Waste: one woman’s fight against America’s dirty secret. Catherine Coleman Flowers. 363.7284 FLO
We are all fast-food workers now”: the global uprising against poverty wages. Annelise Orleck. 331.54 ORL
Welcome homeless: one man’s journey of discovering the meaning of home. Alan Graham. 362.592 GRA
Whatever it takes: Geoffrey Canada’s quest to change Harlem and America. Paul Tough. 362.57 TOU
The white man’s burden: why the West’s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good. William Easterly. 338.91 EAS
White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America. Nancy Isenberg. 305.569 ISE
The Whiteness of wealth: how the tax system impoverishes Black Americans–and how we can fix it. Dorothy A. Brown. 343.7304 BRO
The working poor: invisible in America. David K. Shipler. 305.569 SHI
World hunger: 10 myths. Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins. 363.8 LAP

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

Banker to the poor: micro-lending and the battle against world poverty. Muhammad Yunus. 332.1 YUN
Breaking night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard. Liz Murray. B Murray
Closing time: a memoir. Joe Queenan. B Queenan
The deeper the roots: a memoir of hope and home. Michael Tubbs. B Tubbs
The girl’s guide to homelessness: a memoir. Brianna Karp. 362.5092 KAR
The glass castle: a memoir. Jeannette Walls. B Walls, Large Type B Walls, Spanish Lang. B Walls, CD B Walls
I beat the odds: from homelessness, to The blind side, and beyond. Michael Oher. B Oher, Y 796.332 OHE
An invisible thread: the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny. Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski. B Schroff
Living at the edge of the world: a teenager’s survival in the tunnels of Grand Central Station. Tina S., Jamie Pastor Bolnick. B S.
Men we reaped: a memoir. Jesmyn Ward. B Ward
Mother Teresa: a biography. Meg Greene. B Teresa
Same kind of different as me. Ron Hall, Denver Moore. B Hall, Large Type B Hall
The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music. Steve Lopez. B Ayers
What difference do it make?: stories of hope and healing. Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent. B Hall

REFERENCE

Social welfare: fighting poverty and homelessness. Melissa J. Doak. R 300.7 INF
World poverty. Sandra M. Alters. R 300.7 INF

FICTION

Black girl unlimited: the remarkable story of a teenage wizard. Echo Brown. Y Fic BRO
The castaways. Rob Vollmar, Pablo G. Callejo. Graphic Fic VOL
Children of the street. Kwei Quartey. Mystery QUA
The darkest child. Delores Phillips. Fic PHI
A far country. Daniel Mason. Fic MAS, CD Fic MAS
The homeless bishop. Joseph F. Girzone. Rel. Fic GIR
Please don’t come back from the moon. Dean Bakopoulos. Fic BAK
Q & A. Vikas Swarup. Fic SWA, CD Fic SWA
The queen of water. Laura Resau, Maria Virginia Farinango. Y Fic RES
Salvage the bones. Jesmyn Ward. Fic WAR
The space between us. Thrity Umrigar. Fic UMR
Ten cents a dance. Christine Fletcher. Y Fic FLE
Trash. Andy Mulligan. Y Fic MUL, Y AUDIO Playaway MUL
The water dancers. Terry Gamble. Fic GAM
The way it works. William Kowalski. Fic KOW
The white tiger. Aravind Adiga. Fic ADI, CD Fic ADI

DVDS

ATL. DVD Drama A
Beyond the blackboard. DVD Drama B
Captain Abu Raed. DVD Foreign C
Chop shop. DVD Drama C
Country boys. DVD 155.65
Critical condition. DVD 362.1
The end of poverty? DVD 339.46
Mother Teresa. DVD Drama M
The second chance. DVD Drama S

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Cloud Dancer. Mary Ann McGuigan. J MACG
Cups held out. Judith L. Roth. Pic ROT
The double life of Zoe Flynn. Janet Lee Carey. J CAR
Gentle’s holler. Kerry Madden. J MAD
The hard-times jar. Ethel Footman Smothers. Pic SMO
How to steal a dog. Barbara O’Connor. J OCO
Invisible lines. Mary Amato. J AMA
Mother Teresa. Demi. EB Teresa
No small thing. Natale Ghent. J GHE
The orange shoes. Trinka Hakes Noble. Pic NOB
Poor is just a starting place. Leslie J. Wyatt. J WYA
Si, se puede! = Yes, we can!: janitor strike in L.A. Diana Cohn. Sp. Lang. Pic COH
The table where rich people sit. Byrd Baylor. Pic BAY
That’s not fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s struggle for justice = No es justo!: la lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia. Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca. Sp. Lang. JB Tenayuca
Those shoes. Maribeth Boelts. Pic BOE

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

ONLINE

SPANISH LANGUAGE / EN ESPAÑOL

El castillo de cristal. Jeannette Walls. Spanish Lang. B Walls
El fin de la pobreza: como conseguirlo en nuestro tiempo. Jeffrey Sachs. Spanish Lang. 339.46 SAC
Si, se puede! = Yes, we can!: janitor strike in L.A. Diana Cohn. Sp. Lang. Pic COH
That’s not fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s struggle for justice = No es justo!: la lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia. Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca. Sp. Lang. JB Tenayuca