One of the main topics in this year's Common Reading is homelessness, especially as it affects children and teenagers. Here are some current selections from the library's collection on this and other related topics
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Inequality: opposing viewpoints in social problems/Lori Shein, book editor.
HN79.S6 I53 1998
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Almost home:helping kids move from homelessness to hope/ Kevin Ryan and Tina Kelley Circulating collection, 3rd floor HV4505.R798 2012 |
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What about America's homeless children?: hide and seek / Paul G. Shane Circulating Collection, 3rd floor HV4505.S53 1996 |
Out of sight, out of mind: homeless children and families in small-town America / Yvonne Marie Vissing Circulating Collection, 3rd floorHV 4505.V57 1996
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Surviving poverty : creating sustainable ties among the poor / Joan Maya Mazelis Temporarily shelved at on New arrivals shelving, in front of Public Services Desk HC79.P6 M394 2017 |
Encyclopedia of contemporary American social issues/Michael Shally-Jensen, editor NetLibrary. Online eBook. Click on Linked Resource |
Search for other titles in WorldCat Discovery using "legal assistance to the poor," "United States--social conditions," "welfare reform," and "homelessness," to obtain a good selection. Limit your search to "Shepherd University" to find titles available at Scarborough Library.
Here are some current titles about education and related topics from the library collection:
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The prize: Who's in charge of America's schools? / Dale Russakoff Circulating Collection, 3rd floor LA333.N4 R87 2015
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Wasting minds: why our education system is failing and what we can do about it / Ronald A. Wolk. Net Library.Online eBook. Click on Linked Resource LA 217.2.W65 2011eb |
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Teaching 2030 : what we must do for our students and our public schools : now and in the future / Barnett Berry and the TeacherSolutions 2030 Team, Jennifer Barnett ... [et al.].. Circulating Collection, 3rd floor LB1025.3.B4735 2011 |
Making reform work : the case for transforming American higher education / Robert Zemsky Circulating Collection, 3rd floor LA227.4 .Z45 2009 |
Search for other titles in WorldCat Discovery using "public schools," and "higher education" to obtain a good selection. Limit your search to "Shepherd University" to find titles available at Scarborough Library.
Here are two titles that the Common Reading panel also suggests as companion works to this year's pick:
Blackbird : a childhood lost and found / Jennifer Lauck
CT275.L2715 A3 2001
Another place at the table / Kathy Harrison
HV883.M4 H37 2004
