Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
Amazing Grace tells the stories of a handful of children who have--through the love and support of their families and dedicated community leaders--not yet lost their battle with the perils of life in America's most hopeless, helpless, and dangerous neighborhoods.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Crown
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9780770436650
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- PovertyUrban childhoodSocial inequality
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1996)
Other awarded books from Jonathan Kozol
- Death at an Early Age
- Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
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