The Resource Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America, Jonathan Kozol
Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America, Jonathan Kozol
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- Summary
- Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and her children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he's portrayed there, to share their journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages
- Contents
-
- The shadow of the past. The journey begins ; Eric and his sister ; Pietro and his children ; Silvio : invincible ; Alice Washington : the details of life
- A bright shining light. Survivors ; The boy who ate a giant bag of cookies while he walked me around the neighborhood, and his very interesting mom ; Pineapple comes of age (part one) ; Pineapple in all her glory (and still bossing me around) ; A life of the mind (Jeremy, part one)
- No easy victories (Jeremy, part two)
- The killing fields
- Number our days
- Pineapple has a few more things to say
- Isbn
- 9781400052462
- Label
- Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America
- Title
- Fire in the ashes
- Title remainder
- twenty-five years among the poorest children in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Kozol
- Title variation
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- 25 years among the poorest children in America
- 25 years among the poorest children in New York
- Jesus wept : twenty-five years among the poorest children in New York
- Subject
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- truePoor children -- Education -- Case studies
- truePoor people's advocacy
- truePoverty
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- trueUrban education
- trueUrban school teachers
- trueUrban schools
- trueChild welfare
- trueChild welfare -- United States
- trueChildren
- trueChildren -- United States -- Social conditions
- trueEducation and income
- trueInequality
- trueInequality and education
- trueInner city
- truePoor children -- United States
- truePoor families
- truePoor families -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and her children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he's portrayed there, to share their journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10133466
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kozol, Jonathan
- Dewey number
- 362.77/56909747275
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV741
- LC item number
- .K674 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poor children
- Poor families
- Child welfare
- Children
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- twenty-five years among the poorest children in America
- Label
- Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America, Jonathan Kozol
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- The shadow of the past. The journey begins ; Eric and his sister ; Pietro and his children ; Silvio : invincible ; Alice Washington : the details of life -- A bright shining light. Survivors ; The boy who ate a giant bag of cookies while he walked me around the neighborhood, and his very interesting mom ; Pineapple comes of age (part one) ; Pineapple in all her glory (and still bossing me around) ; A life of the mind (Jeremy, part one) -- No easy victories (Jeremy, part two) -- The killing fields -- Number our days -- Pineapple has a few more things to say
- Control code
- 892485
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400052462
- Lccn
- 2012005183
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781400052462
- (OCoLC)777364336
- Label
- Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America, Jonathan Kozol
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The shadow of the past. The journey begins ; Eric and his sister ; Pietro and his children ; Silvio : invincible ; Alice Washington : the details of life -- A bright shining light. Survivors ; The boy who ate a giant bag of cookies while he walked me around the neighborhood, and his very interesting mom ; Pineapple comes of age (part one) ; Pineapple in all her glory (and still bossing me around) ; A life of the mind (Jeremy, part one) -- No easy victories (Jeremy, part two) -- The killing fields -- Number our days -- Pineapple has a few more things to say
- Control code
- 892485
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400052462
- Lccn
- 2012005183
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781400052462
- (OCoLC)777364336
Subject
- truePoor children -- Education -- Case studies
- truePoor people's advocacy
- truePoverty
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- trueUrban education
- trueUrban school teachers
- trueUrban schools
- trueChild welfare
- trueChild welfare -- United States
- trueChildren
- trueChildren -- United States -- Social conditions
- trueEducation and income
- trueInequality
- trueInequality and education
- trueInner city
- truePoor children -- United States
- truePoor families
- truePoor families -- United States
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