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More Than Money - How Economic Inequality Affects EVERYTHING

More Than Money

How Economic Inequality Affects EVERYTHING

By Hadley Dyer & Mitchell Bernard
Illustrated by Paul Gill
Categories: Young Adult Nonfiction
Themes: business & economics, homelessness & poverty, politics & government, school & education, graphs, income gap, income ladder, inequality, statistics, wealth, economics, money, poverty, society
Interest Age: 12+
Grade: 7+
Reading Level: Common Core Correlations
CCSS.ELA-Literacy Strand-Reading literature: RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
W.8.1,1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,3,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e,4,5,6,7,8,9,9a,10
SL.8.1,1a,1b,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6
L.8.1,1a,1b,1c,1d,2,2a,2b,2c,3,3a,4,4a,4b,4c,4d,5,5a,5b,5c,6

Reading Level: Lexile 1210L
Hardcover : 9781773217000, 128 pages, October 2022 , 9.5" x 7.5"
Paperback : 9781773217017, 128 pages, October 2022 , 9.5" x 7.5"
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781773217024, 128 pages, October 2022

Table of contents

Introduction

PART ONE: THE BASICS

Chapter 1        Rich, Poor, and In-Between

Chapter 2        The Gap

Chapter 3        Moving Up

PART TWO: HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS

Chapter 4        A Growing Problem

Chapter 5        More Than Money

Chapter 6        Born Into It

PART THREE: TAKING ACTION

Chapter 7        The Role of Government

Chapter 8        Closing the Gap

Chapter 9        Shaping the Future

Conclusion

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Description

Economic inequality affects everybody.

No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by. 

With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate topics of interest, readers learn the most important issues and ideas in economics to better understand the consequences of inequality.

*A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Awards

  • Joint winner, The List 2023, Toronto Public Library 2023
  • Joint winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Center 2023

Reviews

"A must read for kids to understand the roots of inequality and the financial world we all live in but rarely question closely enough."

- Kevin Sylvester, award-winning co-author of Follow Your Money and Follow Your Stuff

“A solid, thorough introduction to haves and have-nots—and why it matters.”

- Kirkus Reviews

“An important tool that will help young adults understand and discuss their own financial positions, develop compassion for others, and become engaged citizens with the economic knowledge they will need in order to effectively address long-ignored systemic inequities.”

- Quill & Quire, *starred review