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Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America - Community Reviews back

by Jonathan Kozol, Keythe Farley
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spoko
spoko rated it 10 years ago
I probably would have enjoyed this book more if I had re-read Amazing Grace before reading this. I remembered a few of these people, but not most. Taken on its own, then, this book is interesting but not exactly gripping. It leans pretty heavily on Kozol's personal relationships with these particula...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 12 years ago
This book will be most appreciated by readers familiar with Kozol's other works, particularly titles relating to the children and families he has come to know at St. Ann's. Twenty-five years after beginning to follow the lives of these impoverished children, the author offers updated findings. He co...
debnance
debnance rated it 13 years ago
Jonathan Kozol breaks my heart every time I open one of his books. Who knew the suffering children are experiencing in homes in the poorest areas of our country? Who knew how schools, the last hope of many, are giving up on these children? Who knew?Kozol revisits children he has run across in his wo...
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
This book made me angry and yet sad at the same time. I feel like we are leaving whole segments of our country behind and it feels as though we are doing it deliberately. These people don't matter because they are brown and black or ethnic and are not somehow deserving of the same benefits as the ...
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
This book made me angry and yet sad at the same time. I feel like we are leaving whole segments of our country behind and it feels as though we are doing it deliberately. These people don't matter because they are brown and black or ethnic and are not somehow deserving of the same benefits as the ...
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