There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

Alex Kotlowitz

336 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction education history sociology emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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This is the moving and powerful account of tworemarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago'sHenry Horner Homes, a public housing complexdisfigured by crime and neglect."

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4.25
based on 1,579 reviews

Moods

emotional: 72%

sad: 65%

informative: 59%

challenging: 48%

reflective: 48%

dark: 44%

tense: 23%

inspiring: 10%

hopeful: 8%

adventurous: 2%


Pace

8% of readers chose fast
63% of readers chose medium
28% of readers chose slow
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