{"product_id":"death-at-an-early-age-the-classic-indictment-of-inner-city-education-national-book-award-winner-9780452262928","title":"Death at an Early Age: The Classic Indictment of Inner-City Education (National Book Award Winner)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most overcrowded inner-city schools. Here, he unflinchingly exposes the disturbing \"destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school.\" \u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age \u003c\/i\u003eis the unsparing, heart-wrenching account of the year he spent there--the most shocking and powerful personal story ever told by a young teacher, now updated with a new epilogue by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Honest and terrifying... the heartbreaking story it tells has to be read.\"--\u003cb\u003eRobert Coles, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Will anger you to the boiling point and may make you want to weep... I recommend--with considerable urgency--\u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Kozol\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSavage Inequalities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, and other award-winning books about young children and their public schools. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Coles \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume \u003ci\u003eChildren of Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Intelligence of Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Intelligence of Children\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899641762066,"sku":"9780452262928","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93540e17-661b-4bd3-8c4c-59b68c97fed0.jpg?v=1738362080","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-at-an-early-age-the-classic-indictment-of-inner-city-education-national-book-award-winner-9780452262928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}