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Fire in the ashes twenty-five years among the poorest children in America

Kozol, Jonathan. (Author).

Summary: Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and her children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he's portrayed there, to share their journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood.

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  • ISBN: 9780770435950 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0770435955 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (x, 354 p.)
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, c2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The shadow of the past. The journey begins ; Eric and his sister ; Pietro and his children ; Silvio : invincible ; Alice Washington : the details of life -- A bright shining light. Survivors ; The boy who ate a giant bag of cookies while he walked me around the neighborhood, and his very interesting mom ; Pineapple comes of age (part one) ; Pineapple in all her glory (and still bossing me around) ; A life of the mind (Jeremy, part one) -- No easy victories (Jeremy, part two) -- The killing fields -- Number our days -- Pineapple has a few more things to say.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Poor children -- United States
Poor families -- United States
Child welfare -- United States
Children -- United States -- Social conditions
Genre: Electronic books.

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