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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recs for you or for your students?  Urban or rural?  POC or white?  Historical or modern?[/quote]

Books for me, not for my students. I work in a city school with high poverty. An interesting mix of students. Some are Hispanic and poor and some are white and poor. [b]The white students mostly came from families from Appalachia[/b]. They came to the city during WW2 to work in factories. Now there are very few factory jobs left so they are either unemployed or working in low paying, hourly jobs. [/quote]

Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance:  I personally think Vance has gone off the rails as a Senate candidate (understatement . . .  ), but I read his memoir when it first came out and found it thought-provoking on a variety of levels.  Obviously, it's a memoir, so it's just one person's experience and POV at a certain stage in his life, not the all-encompassing "truth" about families from Appalachia or the culture where he grew up.  But even so,  it broadened my perspective quite a bit and stoked my curiosity to learn more.)

Maid, by Stephanie Land: Truly helped me understand some of the ways that poverty builds on itself - sometimes it's an ever-growing hole people can't dig themselves out of, even with massive effort.

Educated, by Tara Westover:  Not directly on point and a painful at times, but a beautifully written book that's insightful on the issue of trauma, if not the type of poverty you're seeing in your students.

Speaking of multi-generational trauma, that might be a topic to consider, as well.  Trauma and poverty often go hand-in-hand, even if you don't always see it on the surface.  I'm not sure which books exactly to recommend on this - may be worth starting a separate thread so others with more insight can weigh in.

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