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Young Adult About Financial Hardship

Explore young adult books about financial hardship for children.

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Rules of Summer #1

Rules of Summer

Seventeen-year-old Rory navigates the rigid social boundaries of the Hamptons when she falls for the son of the wealthy

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After her life falls apart, Sydney joins a group of misfits to take down an elitist high school speech team from the ins

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These Hollow Vows #1

These Hollow Vows

Brie must infiltrate the glittering Seelie court to save her sister from a sadistic king, even if it means losing her he

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Rory and Isabel return to East Hampton for the summer, but new jobs and complicated romances threaten to pull their frie

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Freedom Swimmer

Two boys from very different worlds form a bond over evening swims as they dream of escaping the hardships of the Commun

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The Raven Cycle #1

Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Sargent has been warned her true love will die if she kisses him, a prophecy that becomes terrifyingly real when sh

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Astrid enters a dangerous race featuring mechanical horses to save her family from the financial ruin caused by her fath

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Sentenced to daily detention, a school bully must write his honest story in a notebook, revealing the complicated person

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Brighter Than the Sun

Sol commutes across the Tijuana border every day for school, struggling to balance her family’s survival with her own dr

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When We Was Fierce

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Theo and his friends are caught in a cycle of street violence where every choice matters and survival depends on navigat

Cover of How You Grow Wings

How You Grow Wings

Two sisters flee an oppressive home for very different lives, until a tense reunion forces one to decide the ultimate fa

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The Prince of Venice Beach

Cali lives a carefree life in a Venice Beach treehouse until a private investigator hires him to track down a girl who i

Cover of Legacy and the Queen

Legacy and the Queen #1

Legacy and the Queen

Kobe Bryant, Annie Matthew

Young Legacy must master the magic of the court to win a high-stakes tennis tournament and save her father's orphanage.

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When the Stars Lead to You

Devon’s senior year plans are upended when her first love suddenly reappears, bringing back memories of one magical summ

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Anna Schumacher

Daphne flees the city for her uncle's home in Wyoming, only to find a town gripped by the conviction that the world is e

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Awake in the World

In a California town shadowed by oil rigs, Zach meets the star-gazing Vanessa and begins to imagine a future beyond the

Cover of Playing Dead

Blade lives by his wits on the streets of London, but his survival skills are tested when he must protect two strangers

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Heiress Heists #1

Heiress Takes All

Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka

Olivia is crashing her father's wedding with a secret mission: use the celebration as cover to hack his accounts and rec

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Marcus Sedgwick

Life and death collide at the US-Mexican border in this stark look at the dangerous world of illicit human and drug trad

Cover of Overturned

After her father is released from death row, poker-playing Nikki joins him on an obsessive, dangerous hunt through Las V

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Straight Walking

Lissie writes letters to her absent father, dreaming of escape while struggling with her family's reality and the truth

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King of Nothing #1

Nathanael Lessore

Young rapper Shaun 'Growls' Thompson fights to save his family from eviction while navigating the high-pressure challeng

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Left homeless after her guardian's death, Tanya embarks on a high-stakes journey to the queen’s court to secure her futu

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I'm Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas

Tiffany Schmidt

Noelle's holiday babysitting job takes a romantic turn when her dream dance partner unexpectedly joins the trip, putting

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