Book Cover There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

of Alex Kotlowitz

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This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.

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Nonfiction Nonfiction Sociology History Education Poverty Race Biography Social Justice School African American

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 323 pages
  • Publisher Anchor Books
  • Publication Date January 5th 1992
  • First Publication 02/01/91
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780385265560
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Non-Fiction
  • Scenario ['United States of America']

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