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There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
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There Are No Children Here

The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)

Alex Kotlowitz

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 1992-01-05

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)

Social ScienceEducationAfricanAmericanHistory

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Education
  • Good for readers interested in african
  • Strong fit for readers who prefer grounded, real-world context.

What You Get

  • Themes: African, American, History.
  • Reading lane: Education and Social Science.
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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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 Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."— Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing co...

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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 Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."— Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.