There Are No Children Here

The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America

By Alex Kotlowitz
(Anchor, Paperback, 9780385265560, 336pp.)

Publication Date: January 5, 1992

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Audio Cassette, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD

Categories: Children's Studies, Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General

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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.




Praise For There Are No Children Here

"Alex Kotlowitz  joins the ranks of the important few writers on the  subiect of urban poverty." --  Chicago Tribune.

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