TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kozol,Jonathan
TI  - Fire in the ashes: twenty-five years among the poorest children in America 
SN  - 1400052467 : HRD
AV  - HV741 .K674 2012
U1  - 362.77/56909747275 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - Poor children
KW  - United States
KW  - Poor families
KW  - Child welfare
KW  - Children
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1: The shadow of the past. The journey begins -- Eric and his sister -- Pietro and his children -- Silvio: invincible -- Alice Washington: the details of life -- Pt. 2: A bright shining light. Survivors -- The boy who ate a giant bag of cookies while he walked me all 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 -- Epilogue: Pineapple has a few more things to say
N2  - Continuing the stories of inner-city children he has known for many years, the author shares the personal journeys of youths who have struggled to work through formidable racial and economic inequalities while approaching adulthood
ER  -