Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
Product Code: 9780060976972
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The author of Savage Inequalities, a New York Times best-seller, and Rachel and Her Children, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, tells the stories of a handful of children who havethrough the love and support of their families and dedicated community leadersnot yet lost their battle with the perils of life in America's most hopeless, helpless, and dangerous neighborhoods. A bestselling author despite, or perhaps because of, the disturbing news he brings readers, Kozol--whose Savage Inequalities spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list--speaks once again to the conscience of the country. This book offers an unforgettable, moving portrait of the lives of a handful of desperately poor children, living in the South Bronx, who retain their innocence and wonder against all odds.