Photographs of Mikey and his family depict their difficulty finding affordable housing and dealing with other economic pressures in New York City. Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor. Cassie's father has gone to Louisiana for a job while a lumber company tries to destroy the ancestral trees that surround their home. This black family fights prejudice and poverty in Depression-era Mississippi. Tess by H.J. Hutchins.
Life is hard in a shack on the Canadian prairie.
Tess collects cow dung for fuel. A brave act wins a haughty neighbor's respect. Jane Addams, a wealthy refined woman, founds Hull House, a community center in a poor, dangerous Chicago neighborhood. Until a young boy understands what they are doing, he is upset that his special Saturdays change when his parents begin volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan.