There Are No Children Here The Story of Two Boys Growing up in the Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award) |
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| Author:
| Kotlowitz, Alex |
| ISBN: | 978-0-385-26556-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Anchor |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER.A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. This meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitzjoins the ranks of the important few writers on thesubiect of urban poverty."-
Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago'sHenry...
More Description NATIONAL BESTSELLER.A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. This meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times).
"Alex Kotlowitzjoins the ranks of the important few writers on thesubiect of urban poverty."-Chicago Tribune
The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago'sHenry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.