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There are no children here : the story of two boys growing up in the other America  Cover Image Book Book

There are no children here : the story of two boys growing up in the other America / Alex Kotlowitz.

Kotlowitz, Alex. (Author).

Summary:

Examines the lives of two inner-city brothers who live in a Chicago housing project and their daily struggle for survival and enduring hope.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385265565
  • ISBN: 9780385265560
  • Physical Description: xi, 323 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Anchor books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday in 1991"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-315) and index.
Target Audience Note:
Young Adult.
970 Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 6.7.
Reading Counts! 7.9.
Subject: Children > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > Case studies.
Families > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Inner cities > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Poor children > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > Case studies.
Public Housing > Chicago.
Social Conditions > Chicago.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library HQ 792 .U5 K68 1992 30775305531155 General Collection Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Author Notes for ISBN Number 0385265565
There Are No Children Here : The Story of Two Boys Growing up in the Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)
There Are No Children Here : The Story of Two Boys Growing up in the Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)
by Kotlowitz, Alex
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Author Notes

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

ALEX KOTLOWITZ is the author of the national bestseller There Are No Children Here , which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His second book, The Other Side of the River , was awarded the Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction. For his documentary film, The Interrupters , he received an Emmy and a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. Kotlowitz's work, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine , The New Yorker ,and on public radio's This American Life ,has been honored with two Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia University awards, and a George Polk Award. He is a writer in residence at Northwestern University. Kotlowitz lives with his wife, Maria Woltjen, and their two children, Mattie and Lucas, just outside of Chicago.


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