Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
ISBN-10
0770435661
ISBN-13
9780770435660
Series
Amazing Grace
Category
Social Science
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2012-06
Publisher
Broadway Books
Author
Jonathan Kozol

Description

A profile of impoverished children in Mott Haven, South Bronx, reveals the human realities of their difficult lives and poses critical questions about the value of such children to an unsupportive nation. 125,000 first printing. Tour.

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