14 Best Homelessness & Poverty Books
Homelessness & Poverty is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Homelessness & Poverty audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 14 Homelessness & Poverty audiobooks below.
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Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World
- By: Ashley Herring Blake
- Narrator: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.38(5889 ratings)
4.38(5889 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDIn the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish. When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old IvyIn the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.
Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World exquisitely enriches the rare category of female middle-grade characters who like girls–and children’s literature at large.
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All the Impossible Things
- By: Lindsay Lackey
- Narrator: Samantha Desz
- Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: September 03, 2019
- Language: English
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4.36(1214 ratings)
4.36(1214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey’s extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where sheA bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey’s extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs.
“Wise and wondrous, this is truly a novel to cherish.” –Katherine Applegate, New York Times-bestselling author of Wishtree
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Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can’t figure out how.
This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red’s heart.
But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she’s quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother’s chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.
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Max Einstein: Saves the Future
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 31, 2020
- Language: English
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4.28(350 ratings)
4.28(350 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe world’s #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world’s most famous genius to entertain, educate and inspire a generation of kids–with the first and only kids’ book series officially approved by the Albert Einstein... Read moreThe world’s #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world’s most famous genius to entertain, educate and inspire a generation of kids–with the first and only kids’ book series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.Albert Einstein + James Patterson = A Must Read!Max is back with a thrilling new adventure that involves time travel, creepy bad guys, killer drones, and a shocking mystery about her past that she will stop at nothing to solve!Under constant danger of being kidnapped by the shadowy Corporation, Max is on the run from New York to London and beyond. But soon the call comes for the Change Maker kids’ next mission: make sure no kid ever goes hungry again! If anyone can tackle a problem this big, Max and her genius friends can.But mysterious clues about her past keep distracting Max’s focus. She always wanted to know who her parents were and why they abandoned her as a baby. If she manages to build a time machine, she could find them and get all the answers! What’s more important – her past, or the future of the Change Makers? -
Worse Than Weird
- By: Jody J. Little
- Narrator: Lisa Cordileone
- Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: March 10, 2020
- Language: English
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4.11(110 ratings)
4.11(110 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDReaders who love Leslie Connor and Ann M. Martin will adore this story of a citywide scavenger hunt and a girl who learns that family–and weirdness–is relative. Summer Coding Camp Incoming 7th graders only Eight-week session begins JuneReaders who love Leslie Connor and Ann M. Martin will adore this story of a citywide scavenger hunt and a girl who learns that family–and weirdness–is relative.
Summer Coding Camp
Incoming 7th graders only
Eight-week session begins June 28
This is it, my summer plan.
Hoping to ditch two months of chicken coops, kale, and her parents’ antiscreen rules, Mac MacLeod sets out to win a citywide food cart scavenger hunt and the money she needs for the summer coding camp of her dreams.
But Mac discovers more than just clues during her cross-city sprint–like how her weird parents might not be the worst thing compared to the circumstances of those around her.
With the same humor and hope of her debut novel, Mostly the Honest Truth, Jody J. Little gives readers another spunky, unforgettable character to root for.
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Nura and the Immortal Palace
- By: M. T. Khan
- Narrator: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 6 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 05, 2022
- Language: English
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4.06(452 ratings)
4.06(452 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDAru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy that takes readers into the little-known world of Jinn.Nura longs for the simple pleasure of many things–to wear a beautiful red dupattaAru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy that takes readers into the little-known world of Jinn.
Nura longs for the simple pleasure of many things–to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees in her pocket Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever.
Set in a rural industrial town in Pakistan and full of hope, heart, and humor, Nura and the Immortal Palace is inspired by M.T. Khan’s own Pakistani Muslim heritage. ... Read more
Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Nura refuses to believe it and shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas–a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Yet they aren’t nearly as treacherous as her mother made them out to be, because Nura is invited to a luxury jinn hotel, where she’s given everything she could ever imagine and more.
But there’s a dark truth lurking beneath all that glitter and gold, and when Nura crosses the owner’s son and is banished to the working quarters, she realizes she isn’t the only human who’s ended up in the hotel’s clutches. Faisal and the other missing children are there, too, and if Nura can’t find a way to help them all escape, they’ll be bound to work for the hotel forever. -
Unfadeable
- By: Maurice Broaddus
- Narrator: Jordan Cobb
- Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: May 10, 2022
- Language: English
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4.03(144 ratings)
4.03(144 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club Pick! Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Kelly Yang, readers will love this heartfelt and genuine story about building community, finding family, and the power of Black girl magic. BellaA Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club Pick!
Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Kelly Yang, readers will love this heartfelt and genuine story about building community, finding family, and the power of Black girl magic.
Bella “Unfadeable” Fades is determined to stay out of trouble. A wiser-than-her-years graffiti artist known for tagging walls and bridges in her Indianapolis neighborhood, the Land, Bella plans to spend her summer break laying low and steering clear of anyone who might tip off to social services that she’s living on her own.
But keeping a low profile is all but impossible when Bella discovers people in high places are trying to defund the Land. She has to find a way to fight back.
Getting involved will mean putting herself out there–making connections with unlikely friends and attracting potential enemies. But if Bella doesn’t put her trust in her neighbors and learn how to bring her community together, her home–and her future–will never be the same.
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Give Dad My Best
- By: James Lincoln Collier
- Narrator: August Ross
- Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4(7 ratings)
4(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDBack before the stock market crash, Jack’s dad had been working steadily, and their family had had plenty of money. But now, in the middle of the 1930s Depression, there isn’t much work for a trombone player–just a gig down in NewBack before the stock market crash, Jack’s dad had been working steadily, and their family had had plenty of money. But now, in the middle of the 1930s Depression, there isn’t much work for a trombone player–just a gig down in New York City once in a while. So fourteen-year-old Jack is doing his best to help out. He’s lucky enough to get a weekend job at the town boat club where the “rich folks” hang out, but Jack wishes his dad would at least try to get a regular job. Sometimes there isn’t even enough money to buy decent food and clothes for Jack, his sister Sally, and their young brother Henry. It’s bad enough that their mother has had a nervous breakdown and gone to live in a “home.”
Now Jack and Sally are beginning to wonder how long the rest of the family will be able to stay together, with so little money coming in. Jack’s father keeps telling them to look on the bright side–his favorite song is “Happy Days Are Here Again.” But Jack isn’t sure there can be a bright side when you don’t have enough money to live decently. Then, at the boat club, Jack sees an opportunity to steal a lot of money–enough to pay the family’s back rent and keep them all together. For the first time in his life Jack is seriously tempted to steal–especially now that he realizes that his dad can’t really be depended upon, that it’s up to him to take care of the family.
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
- By: Katherine Rundell
- Narrator: Katherine Rundell
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 23, 2015
- Language: English
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3.98(1538 ratings)
3.98(1538 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDEven a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure.”Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure.” Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? From the author of the “witty, inventively poetic” Rooftoppers comes an utterly beautiful story that’s sure to be treasured.
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
- By: Vera B. Williams
- Narrator: Martha Plimpton
- Length: 21 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: May 12, 2009
- Language: English
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3.94(243 ratings)
3.94(243 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDA funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it–and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The onlyA funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it–and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The only thing that is not a surprise is that Vera B. Williams has created a wholly unforgettable, absolutely wonderful portrait of Amber, Essie, and their world. Open the book. You will never be the same again.
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The School for Whatnots
- By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Narrator: Lillie Ricciardi
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: March 01, 2022
- Language: English
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3.79(830 ratings)
3.79(830 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adventure perfect for fans of Cog and Bad Magic. No matter what anyone tells you, I’m real. That’s what the note says that Max finds under hisFrom master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adventure perfect for fans of Cog and Bad Magic.
No matter what anyone tells you, I’m real.
That’s what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard.
He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He’d know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it–and what it means–remains a mystery.
Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about “whatnot rules.”
But why would Max ever think that Josie wasn’t real? And what are whatnots?
As Max sets to uncover what happened to Josie–and what she is or isn’t–little does he know that she’s fighting to find him again, too. But there are forces trying to keep Max and Josie from ever seeing each other again. Because Josie wasn’t supposed to be real.
This middle grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix delves into the power of privilege, the importance of true friendship, and the question of humanity and identity. Because when anyone could be a whatnot, what makes a person a real friend–or real at all?
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The Maze
- By: Will Hobbs
- Narrator: Will Hobbs
- Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.68(898 ratings)
3.68(898 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDFor the past four years, Rick Walker has been shuffled between foster care and group homes. At 14, he’s a kid nobody wants or cares about. Now he’s headed for Blue Canyon Detention Center. For Rick, life is a maze full of dead ends. ButFor the past four years, Rick Walker has been shuffled between foster care and group homes. At 14, he’s a kid nobody wants or cares about. Now he’s headed for Blue Canyon Detention Center. For Rick, life is a maze full of dead ends. But when he is threatened at Blue Canyon and runs away, Rick finds himself in a real maze-the enormous rocky expanse of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. There, Rick meets a biologist who has devoted his life to reintroducing the condor to its natural habitat. As Rick joins him to protect the giant birds, the teenager will begin to see choices instead of dead ends. Will Hobbs has written many popular, award-winning books for young adults. Works such as Beardance, The Big Wander, and Downriver have won ALA Best Book Awards. The Maze is filled with riveting adventure in an unforgettable wilderness setting. Ed Sala’s taut narration sets the perfect tone for Rick’s journey toward confidence and trust.
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The Orange Houses
- By: Paul Griffin
- Narrator: Paul Griffin
- Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 14, 2011
- Language: English
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3.46(936 ratings)
3.46(936 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDMeet Tamika Sykes?Mik to her friends (if she had any). She?s hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone inMeet Tamika Sykes?Mik to her friends (if she had any). She?s hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She?s a tough girl who never gets close to anyone, until she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers on Mik?s block. Both Mik and Fatima unite in their efforts to befriend Jimmi, a homeless vet who is shunned by the rest of the community. The events that follow when these three outcasts converge will break open their close-knit community and change the lives of those living in the Orange Houses in explosive and unexpected ways.
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World Champions! A Max Einstein Adventure
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 4 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 09, 2021
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDMax finally meets her hero, Albert Einstein, as she dashes across glaciers, visits the Great Barrier Reef, and flies a solar-powered jet in a race to stop Global Warming–before it’s too late for Planet Earth.World Champions . . . GETMax finally meets her hero, Albert Einstein, as she dashes across glaciers, visits the Great Barrier Reef, and flies a solar-powered jet in a race to stop Global Warming–before it’s too late for Planet Earth.... Read more
World Champions . . .
GET OUTDOORS
From racing across glaciers in Greenland and flying in a super fancy solar-powered jet to Hawaii, to visiting the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and hanging out with a robot named Leo, twelve-year-old genius Max and her friends live for adventure.
TAKE ACTION
Whenever there’s a problem to solve, the kids work better together. So does an evil group of the rich and powerful, who will do whatever it takes to split the kids up–even as the planet is changing before their eyes.
NEVER GIVE UP
Max has one more surprise in her playbook, and if she’s going to pull it off, she needs her team around her. Whoever said that kids can’t save the world? -
Breaking Through
- By: Francisco Jimenez
- Narrator: Francisco Jimenez
- Length: 5 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 27, 2015
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDAs he prepares to recite the Declaration of Independence before his eighth grade social studies class in California, the thing Francisco has feared for ten years finally happens. La migra, the immigration police, come to his classroom and pick himAs he prepares to recite the Declaration of Independence before his eighth grade social studies class in California, the thing Francisco has feared for ten years finally happens. La migra, the immigration police, come to his classroom and pick him up for deportation to Mexico. Soon back in the United States with a “green card,” Francisco struggles through adolescence, working two or three jobs a day and striving to excel at school. But he also finds time to be a typical teenager in the 1950s, an era of cool cars, dances, and Elvis.
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