Books about Poverty -- Juvenile fiction (sorted alphabetically)
- Littlebourne Lock F. Bayford Harrison
- Little Meg's Children Hesba Stretton
- little merchant : A story for little folks Oliver Optic
- Little Nettie; or, Home Sunshine Susan Warner and Anna Bartlett Warner
- Lost Gip Hesba Stretton
- Mark Manning's Mission: The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy Jr. Horatio Alger
- Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland; with Other Tales Olga Eschenbach and Maria Burg
- Nelly's First Schooldays Josephine Franklin
- No place like home" Hesba Stretton
- Orphans of Glen Elder Margaret M. Robertson
- Randy of the River; Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand Jr. Horatio Alger
- Rivers of Ice R. M. Ballantyne
- Rupert's Ambition Jr. Horatio Alger
- Scamp and I: A Story of City By-Ways L. T. Meade
- sham princess Eglanton Thorne
- Shifting For Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes Jr. Horatio Alger
- Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve Jr. Horatio Alger
- Some Little People George Kringle
- Struggle for a Fortune Harry Castlemon
- Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Under the Polar Star; or, The Young Explorers Dwight Weldon
- Unseen Hand; or, James Renfew and His Boy Helpers Elijah Kellogg
- Violet: A Fairy Story C. S. Guild
- Witch Winnie: The Story of a "King's Daughter" Elizabeth W. Champney
- Wrecked on Spider Island; Or, How Ned Rogers Found the Treasure James Otis