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

Author/Illustrator: Alex Kotlowitz
Adult
Published January 5, 1992
$ 1900 USD

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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 complex disfigured by crime and neglect.

AWARDS

• ALA Notable Book winner

• Booklist Editor's Choice for Young Adults short-listed

• Booklist Editor's Choice for Young Adults

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