Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years among the Poorest Children in America

By Jonathan Kozol. Crown, $27 (9781400052462).

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This is an engaging look at the broader social implications of ignoring poverty as well as a very personal look at individuals struggling to overcome it.

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9781400052462

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