Books tagged: poverty struggle

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The Peasant    by Prashenjit Shome
Price: $1.99 USD. 25920 words. Published on July 29, 2011. .

Struggle of a poor, old peasant against poverty and humiliation. After death of his bullocks he had no money to buy a new pair of bullocks to till his paddy field. He knew that if he cannot grow paddy during the rainy season then his family will starve but he was tired running from one person to another seeking help. At last he tied the shaft on his neck and tried to plough the field.......
Brazilwood    by Connor Nicolas
Price: $3.99 USD. 7090 words. Published on August 22, 2011. .

From the time she was young, Ana Cartena’s mother warned her to stay away from wolves. Ana, however, sought the comfort and safety wolves provide. Ana followed her mother’s orders after she had her son, but became tired of the struggles; struggles that turned her hands knotted and gnarled like the Brazilwood trees. When the demon Exú came into her life, Ana would have to pay.
In Melancholia    by Vincent Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 7200 words. Published on September 18, 2011. .

Childhood is sometimes marred by violence, pain, and abuse but revisiting those once familiar streets can be healing. Vincent Moore's In Melancholia explores the darker side of childhood lived inside the cracks of poverty and abuse and yet it is not without hope. The candle shines brighter and the songs are sweeter as a young boy stands poised at the edge of manhood.
The Kid in Purple Pants: Structured Approaches to Educating Underprivileged Students    by PAnderson
Price: $16.00 USD. 43690 words. Published by Gordon Burgett on November 12, 2012. .

The Kid in Purple Pants: Structured Approaches to Educating Underprivileged Students, by Patrick Anderson, is a best methods book that is immediately applicable for any teacher, principal, superintendent, or board member. It tells what it takes to meet the needs of those underprivileged students who either never reach their full potential or simply vanish in today's U.S. educational system.