Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kozol, Jonathan.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.
Description:	x, 354 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Poor children -- United States. Poor families -- United States. Child welfare -- United States. Children -- United States -- Social conditions. Child welfare. Children -- Social conditions. Poor children. Poor families. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8923618

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ISBN:	9781400052462 1400052467 9780770435950 (ebk.) 0770435955 (ebk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and her children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he's portrayed there, to share their journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood.

Table of Contents:

To The Reader
Part 1. The Shadow of the Past
1. The Journey Begins
2. Eric and His Sister
3. Pietro and His Children
4. Silvio: Invincible
5. Alice Washington: The Details of Life
Part 2. A Bright Shining Light
6. Survivors
7. The Boy Who Ate a Giant Bag of Cookies While He Walked Me All Around the Neighborhood, and His Very Interesting Mom
8. Pineapple Comes of Age (Part One)
9. Pineapple in All Her Glory (And Still Bossing Me Around)
10. A Life of the Mind (Jeremy, Part One)
11. No Easy Victories (Jeremy, Part Two)
12. The Killing Fields
13. Number Our Days
Epilogue: Pineapple Has a Few More Things to Say
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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