**NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed
journalist that informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two
boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to
survive, let alone escape (***The New York Times).
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Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the
subiect of urban poverty.--Chicago Tribune
The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's
Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and
neglect.