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Realistic (fiction)
Malik loves his home, where he lives with his mom and brother, and he has lots of friends in the neighborhood. When Malik’ s mom loses her job, his life gets turned upside down by the hard financial times his family now faces. Readers will learn through Malik’ s eyes what it means for a family tolive in a bad economy, deal with unemployment, have an underwater mortgage, face foreclosure, and visit a food bank so they have enough to eat.
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