There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other AmericaNATIONAL 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. |
What people are saying - Write a review
User ratings
| 5 stars |
| ||
| 4 stars |
| ||
| 3 stars |
| ||
| 2 stars |
| ||
| 1 star |
|
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
LibraryThing Review
User Review - marshapetry - LibraryThingWould be unfair for me to evaluate this book... It was written well and probably is good but I just don't get in to human interest stories like this. I of course felt bad for the family's situation ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - KatherineGregg - LibraryThingThe author spends 1987 - 1989 interviewing two brothers, Layfayette and Pharoah Rivers, who grow up in Henry Horner, a housing project on the west side of Chicago. They are two of eight children, the ... Read full review
Contents
Section 17 | 171 |
Section 18 | 179 |
Section 19 | 193 |
Section 20 | 199 |
Section 21 | 211 |
Section 22 | 218 |
Section 23 | 226 |
Section 24 | 239 |
Section 9 | 77 |
Section 10 | 93 |
Section 11 | 106 |
Section 12 | 113 |
Section 13 | 119 |
Section 14 | 131 |
Section 15 | 140 |
Section 16 | 149 |
Section 25 | 249 |
Section 26 | 257 |
Section 27 | 265 |
Section 28 | 276 |
Section 29 | 282 |
Section 30 | 289 |
| 299 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adults ain't apartment asked Audrey Barone basketball Bird Leg brother building Cabrini-Green called Chicago Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bulls Chicago Housing Authority city's Clarise court courtroom Craig Craig Davis Damen Dawn door drugs El Rukns ette father felt four Four Corner Hustlers friends gang members girl gonna head hear heard Henry Horner Henry Horner Homes high-rises housing authority jail James Jimmie Lee judge kids killed knew Lafey Lafeyette and Pharoah Lafeyette's Lafie LaJoe LaJoe's Lane LaShawn later Lee's Leg's lived looked Mama months moved neighborhood never night older Paul Pet Monster police Porkchop public housing residents Rickey Rochelle seemed shooting shot smile stadium stop street Suder summer talk teenage tell Terence Terence's thought told his mother told Lafeyette triplets turned Vice Lords walked wanted watch weeks window worried young
Bibliographic information
| Title | There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America |
| Author | Alex Kotlowitz |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0307814289, 9780307814289 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Education / Urban Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies Social Science / Sociology / Urban |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |