There Are No Children Here
The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America (helen Bernstein Book Award)
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 5, 1992
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart.
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- Who it’s for
- A human-scale account asks what survival demands amid crime and neglect in Chicago public housing.
- Themes
- Urban poverty, Childhood survival, Public housing neglect
- Genres
- Poverty & Homelessness, Urban Life, African American Studies
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NATIONAL 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).
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"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.
Lives Under Pressure
A human-scale account asks what survival demands amid crime and neglect in Chicago public housing.
Come here for
- A close view of urban poverty
- The demands of survival amid neglect
Expect
- Journalistic attention to two boys’ lives
- A moving portrait of hardship
Where it sits
| Poverty & Homelessness | 78% |
|---|---|
| African American Studies | 51% |
| Urban Life | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Urban Education
- African American Studies
- Urban Life
- Authors
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 5, 1992
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Urban poverty · Childhood survival · Public housing neglect
- Reading lane
- Urban Education