Poor in a land of plenty: meet three teens who are vowing not to let poverty hold them back.(family) From: Scholastic Choices | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Rinaldo, Denise | COPYRIGHT 2005 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Massawa Stevens, 18, grew up in the Bronx, New York. "I have eaten mayonnaise sandwiches and sugar water because my mother wasn't getting more food stamps until the next month," she says.

Charisse Davis, 15, who lives in Pinson, Alabama, goes to school each morning in the same shoes she's been wearing pretty much every day for the past two years.

Giancarlo Barriocanal, 17, of Brooklyn, New York, felt terrible this past Christmas. "My mother was buying me DVDs...

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