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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 · Print & ebook · January 5, 1992
Reading lane: Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Lives Under Pressure
A human-scale account asks what survival demands amid crime and neglect in Chicago public housing.
Come here for
- A close view of urban poverty
- The demands of survival amid neglect
Expect
- Journalistic attention to two boys’ lives
- A moving portrait of hardship
Book Details
- Authors
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 5, 1992
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Homelessness & Poverty for Teens · Poverty & Homelessness
- Reading lane
- Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
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Publisher Categories
Urban Education
African American Studies
Urban Life
About This Book
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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