There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
- ISBN-10
- 0307814289
- ISBN-13
- 9780307814289
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-30
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Alex Kotlowitz
Description
This 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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