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Title: Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago by Lealan Jones, Lloyd Newman, David Isay, John Anthony Brooks ISBN: 0671004646 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58
Rating: 5
Summary: Stole my breath
Comment: "Our America" was assigned reading for my course in Child Social Policy. It grabbed me from page one and I could not put it down until it was through (and then I read parts over again). LeAlan and Lloyd walk you down the streets of Chicago and let you have a little peek into their reality -- a world where violence and death are a part of every day life, and instead of focusing on grades in school, children must worry about survival. These young men represent so many children with talents and dreams and potential who are raised in an infertile, even poisonous environment. I wish everyone would read this book and realize that "America" shouldn't change when you cross the tracks.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is one of the most powerful books I have ever read.
Comment: Though I was required to read this book for a course I took, and therefore supposed to be reading and analyzing it over a week's time, I found myself reading the entire book in one sitting. This book shows the unfamiliar reader what poverty really is, how it thinks, acts, looks like, and feels from the words and experiences of children. LeAlan and Lloyd are children growing up in a very adult world, and one is reminded just how young they actually are when you listen to the recordings of their initial broadcasts. Knowing that they and their families are real people, how can you read this book and feel nothing? The tragic part is, those who most need their eyes opened to the state of poverty and violence in our nation will most likely never read this book. For those of us who do, may your eyes be a little wider, your heart a little deeper, and your spirit be called to action.
Rating: 4
Summary: Heartwrenching look at reality
Comment: If you don't have a feel for what it must be like to hope to dig yourself and your family out of the worst of situations and build a better life, this book should help. I've driven by at a distance from such projects and have failed to really understand what bright kids like these have to deal with . . . at school, at home, in their neighborhood . . . until I read this book. And right here in "the land of the free".
LeAllan & Lloyd are living testimonials to what must be overcome each and every day when one is in such circumstances. It makes one wonder how many others are feeling so trapped and possess such strong desires to better themselves in the midst of such tragedy.
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Title: Ghetto Life 101 and Remorse by LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newmana, David Isay ISBN: 1931173044 Publisher: Sound Portraits Productions Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz ISBN: 0385265565 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, William Julius Wilson ISBN: 0674003217 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0060976977 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood by David Simon, Edward Burns ISBN: 0767900316 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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