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[quote=Anonymous]how old? high schoolers.. educated is a good one. Nickel and dimed, Maid (Both of them, the funny mystery and the memoir). Angelas ashes,

actually a lot of the books from the 80s have kids who's families are struggling with normal life. Ramona age 8.. they are dealing with job loss, her mom got back to work.. her dad decides to go to school and works at a supermarket. I grew up very privileged and I still remember that 30 years later. Same with Betty wren wright ghost stories, (ghosts beneath my feet etc).. angle working moms rent issues, just regular folks living regular lives.  I love sharing these books with my kids b/c so many books nowadays are just pure fantasy and escapism, not about the ordinary struggles of regular life. I wish that there were more books like this written with todays technology for grades 2-5 and not extreme circumstances like Refugee, or homelessness, drug addicted parents etc. Just working  parents with budgets who had to say no and were tired and couldn't afford the latest gadgets or camps.  Sheila turn age books are also good and set in the present day, the railway children.  The Moffats are old fashioned but I think its good to show kids that they aren't alone in their struggles, people have dealt with want and financial difficulty for ever.  The Vander Beeker stories are contemporary, all of a kind family stories. Would be fun to actually read both all of a kind family and the vander beeker together to see how NYC has stayed the same and changed. [/quote]

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