Description: First edition, fifth printing copy of There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz. The book won the Carl Sandburg Award as well as the Helen B. Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. He has authored several other books, including The Other Side of the River: The Story of Two Towns and Never a City So Real and won an Emmy for his documentary, The Interrupters. The book is signed on the title page and is in Like New condition (as is the dust jacket.) See pictures for details and message with any questions. From a smoke and pet free home. Free shipping with USPS Media Mail. Reasonable offers welcome. 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(Google Books)
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Book Title: There Are No Children Here
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Original Language: English
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1991
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Alex Kotlowitz
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Economics, Politics & Society
Topic: Children's Studies, Life Stages / Teenagers, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Sociology / Urban
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 335 Pages
