false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170381052m/51537.jpg 51537 5 The children in this book defy the stereotypes of urban youth too frequently presented by the media. Tender, generous and often religiously devout, they speak with eloquence and honesty about the poverty and racial isolation that have wounded but not hardened them. <P> The book does not romanticize or soften the effects of violence and sickness. One fourth of the child-bearing women in the neighborhoods where these children live test positive for HIV. Pediatric AIDs, life-consuming fires and gang rivalries take a high toll. Several children die during the year in which this narrative takes place. <P> A gently written work, <I>Amazing Grace</I> asks questions that are at once political and theological. What is the value of a child's life? What exactly do we plan to do with those whom we appear to have defined as economically and humanly superfluous? How cold -- how cruel, how tough -- do we dare be? 1862708 book 1995 Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation total:1689|5:756|4:658|3:231|2:32|1:12| 1689 7181 2148 197 1 6 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 13:42:24 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 16:32:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 13:49:08 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 14:39:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 22:34:18 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:47:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 14:45:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:22:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:45:19 -0700 2009 Amazing Grace reveals the painful lives of those who settled in South Bronx in the late 1990s. The neighborhoods in South Bronx were soared with impoverished families who constantly faced brutal violence and sickness. The stories of these people reso...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:57:48 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:04:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 17 09:37:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:43:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jun 05 20:02:25 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 09:51:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Tue Sep 04 07:13:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 07:14:45 -0700 2007
Again, Kozol is one of my writing heroes...and his style is easy to read and full of details that really help you understand his point of view.

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