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Room
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
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4.26 avg rating — 13,740 ratings
"Sociologist studies two teenagers in the 80's, powerful look at the systems involved in their lives - child welfare, corrections, housing, just to name a few."
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
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4.07 avg rating — 25,526 ratings
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Notes from No Man's Land
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4.18 avg rating — 3,821 ratings
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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
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4.21 avg rating — 7,610 ratings
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For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems
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3.07 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
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Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
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3.84 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence
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Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, And The End of Violence in Inner-City America
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Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
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3.70 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Police Brutality: An Anthology
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3.85 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes
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Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Memoir
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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
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The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters
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All the Bright Places
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4.11 avg rating — 628,962 ratings
"this young adult book explores issues of adolescent mental health and suicide."
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
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Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
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The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools?
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America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
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Children of the Prison Boom: Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality
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Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina
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Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island
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4.32 avg rating — 25,023 ratings
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Between the World and Me
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
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The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
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4.03 avg rating — 5,262 ratings
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For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Health – Updated Tools for Parents Teaching Adolescents About Sexuality Beyond Abstinence
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4.44 avg rating — 427 ratings
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