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03517aam a2200457I 4500 001 95DBB76CE17611E3B4ECD896DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 130123s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781400052479 020 $a 1400052475 035 $a (OCoLC)825046803 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UOH $d VMY $d ITD $d OCLCF $d GAVCL $d IOK $d SILO 050 4 $a HV741 $b .K674 2012b 100 1 $a Kozol, Jonathan. 245 10 $a Fire in the ashes : $b twenty-five years among the poorest children in America / $c Jonathan Kozol. 250 $a 1st pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Broadway Books, $c 2012. 300 $a x, 354 p. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- Pineapple has a few more things to say. 520 $a In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his previous prize-winning books, and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood. For nearly fifty years, Jonathan has pricked the conscience of his readers by laying bare the savage inequalities inflicted upon children for no reason but the accident of being born to poverty within a wealthy nation. But never has his intimate acquaintance with his subjects been more apparent, or more stirring, than in Fire in the Ashes, as Jonathan tells the stories of young men and women who have come of age in one of the most destitute communities of the United States. Some of them never do recover from the battering they undergo in their early years, but many more battle back with fierce and often jubilant determination to overcome the formidable obstacles they face. As we watch these glorious children grow into the fullness of a healthy and contributive maturity, they ignite a flame of hope, not only for themselves but also for our society. -- publisher; back cover 650 0 $a Poor children $z United States. 650 0 $a Poor families $z United States. 650 0 $a Child welfare $z United States. 650 0 $a Children $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Education $z United States. 650 7 $a Child welfare. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00854709 650 7 $a Children $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00855145 650 7 $a Education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902499 650 7 $a Poor children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01071167 650 7 $a Poor families. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01071206 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 $a Farley, Keythe. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=1400052475 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091337.0 952 $l CLPC792 $d 20220405012003.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20140522012341.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95DBB76CE17611E3B4ECD896DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search