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Naomi BenaronRunning the Rift is the most recent winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, as awarded by Barbara Kingsolver. It's also an... Continue »
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Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope

by Jonathan Kozol

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Synopsis:

In a stirring departure from "Amazing Grace" and his preceding books, Kozol offers his most personal and optimistic work to date. "Ordinary Resurrections" recounts the lessons he has learned from the struggles and unlikely triumphs of children in one of America's most impoverished neighborhoods.

Synopsis:

Kozol recounts the lessons he has learned from the struggles and unlikely triumphs of children in one of America's most impoverished neighborhoods.
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About the Author

JONATHAN KOZOL received the National Book Award in Science, Philosophy, and Religion for Death at an Early Age, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Rachel and Her Children, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Amazing Grace. He lives in the village of Byfield, Massachusetts.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780517700006
Subtitle:
Children in the Years of Hope
Author:
Kozol, Jonathan
Author:
Jonathan Kozol
Publisher:
Crown Publishers
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Children's Studies
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Sociology - Urban
Subject:
Legal status, laws, etc.
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Socially handicapped children
Subject:
Mott Haven
Subject:
Children with social disabilities
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
433
Publication Date:
c2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 388 p.
Dimensions:
9.61x6.53x1.45 in. 1.66 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , In a stirring departure from "Amazing Grace" and his preceding books, Kozol offers his most personal and optimistic work to date. "Ordinary Resurrections" recounts the lessons he has learned from the struggles and unlikely triumphs of children in one of America's most impoverished neighborhoods.
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