There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other AmericaThis 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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User Review - larryerick - LibraryThingFirst, this is a beautifully written book. There is a compassion that flows through the narrative while never once being afraid to tell the bad along with the good of its characters. Fiction writers ... Read full review
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User Review - homeschoolmimzi - LibraryThingI read this book while on vacation last week. Very moving and eye opening, poignant and sad. I think it's important to read about what life is like for others, people in different countries, different ... Read full review
Contents
Section 17 | 179 |
Section 18 | 193 |
Section 19 | 199 |
Section 20 | 211 |
Section 21 | 218 |
Section 22 | 226 |
Section 23 | 239 |
Section 24 | 248 |
Section 9 | 77 |
Section 10 | 93 |
Section 11 | 106 |
Section 12 | 113 |
Section 13 | 131 |
Section 14 | 140 |
Section 15 | 149 |
Section 16 | 171 |
Section 25 | 257 |
Section 26 | 265 |
Section 27 | 276 |
Section 28 | 282 |
Section 29 | 289 |
Section 30 | 299 |
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