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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To Janie Margolis, "assistant contractor" sounds like the ideal job for a mom whose role raising kids has become routine--but her perfect plan starts to unravel when she and her husband, Wim, find themselves arguing about everything from money to masonry to man caves. Then the economy collapses, and it's hard to surmount the reality ahead: they are about to sink their entire savings into rebuilding a new house they can't afford while trying unsuccessfully...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she's been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes...
5) Shark scam
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Two sharks convince giant tortoise Arlene to invest in their business, and Arlene takes the bait but soon finds out it was a Ponzi scheme. Includes information on Ponzi schemes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Princess Persephone, living on the cold moon Ganymede, dreams of going somewhere warm in a new spaceship with her pet dragon Spice, but earning money is difficult and charging for giving dragon rides may not be enough to pay for everything.
Author
Publisher
CreateFinStew LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kass budgets her money carefully and expects her brother Joey to do the same. But Joey spends every dollar he earns. When he realizes he hasn't saved enough money to pay for something he's been dreaming about, Joey must either learn to budget or risk giving up his dream. A Boy, A Budget, and a Dream teaches financial literacy and money management to children ages 4-8 in a fun and easy way!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jamie and her friends Angeline and Isabella are studying "personal finance" in school, so they decide to put their heads together and come up with a way to earn serious money by creating some kind of food--the only trouble is none of them know anything about cooking.
Author
Series
Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
1988, c1978
Language
English
Description
Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
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