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family resilience

Books about family resilience for readers of all ages.

Cover of One good thing about America

One good thing about America

Ruth Freeman

Ages 9–14homelessnessfamily resilience

Cover of Walking on air

Walking on air

Kelly Easton

Ages 11–16family resiliencehomelessness

Cover of Poor is just a starting place

Poor is just a starting place

Leslie J. Wyatt

Ages 9–14povertyfamily resilience

Cover of A City Called Heavenht Son, Th

A City Called Heavenht Son, Th

Patrick D. Lewis

Ages 8–14family resiliencecommunity

Cover of Some glad morning

Some glad morning

Faye Gibbons

Ages 10–14family resiliencepoverty

Cover of Midwinters

Midwinters

Julie Rainsbury

Ages 10–14family resiliencehardship

Cover of Skylark

Skylark

Sara Cassidy

Ages 9–14homelessnessfamily resilience

Cover of Truest

Truest

Jackie Lea Sommers

Ages 13–18twinssibling relationships

Cover of The luck of the Buttons

The luck of the Buttons

Anne Ylvisaker

Ages 9–13family resilienceperseverance

Cover of The properties of water

The properties of water

Hannah Roberts McKinnon

Ages 12–18family resilienceovercoming adversity

Cover of Messenger

Messenger

Virginia Frances Schwartz

Ages 10–15coming-of-agecultural identity

Cover of Angels in the dust

Angels in the dust

Margot Theis Raven

Ages 5–10family resilienceperseverance

Cover of Between dark and daylight

Between dark and daylight

Crystal Thrasher

Ages 10–14family resiliencepoverty

Cover of End of a dark road

End of a dark road

Crystal Thrasher

Ages 10–15family resiliencepoverty

Cover of Voices from the fields

Voices from the fields

S. Beth Atkin

Ages 10–18migrant laborcultural identity

Cover of The night the chimneys fell

The night the chimneys fell

Marty Rhodes Figley

Ages 7–12family resiliencenatural disasters

Cover of Nothing here but trees

Nothing here but trees

Jean Van Leeuwen

Ages 8–12pioneer lifefrontier settlement

Cover of Flyaway

Flyaway

Helen Landalf

Ages 10–14wildlife rescuefamily resilience

Cover of Migrant

Migrant

Maxine Trottier

Ages 6–12migrant laborfamily resilience

Cover of A Long Time Coming

A Long Time Coming

Phyllis A. Whitney

Ages 10–15prejudicemigrant labor

Cover of Inside Out & Back Again

Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai

Ages 10–15displacement and immigrationfamily resilience

Cover of Lola Rose

Lola Rose

Jacqueline Wilson

Ages 10–14family resilienceidentity

Cover of I am Jack

I am Jack

Susanne Gervay

Ages 8–12self-confidencebullying

Cover of Dust of Eden

Dust of Eden

Mariko Nagai

Ages 8–12family resiliencehistorical injustice