{"product_id":"there-are-no-children-here-the-story-of-two-boys-growing-up-in-the-other-america-helen-bernstein-book-award-9780385265560","title":"There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL 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\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEX KOTLOWITZ is the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e, which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the River\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction. For his documentary film, \u003ci\u003eThe Interrupters\u003c\/i\u003e, he received an Emmy and a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. Kotlowitz's work, which has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and on public radio's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, has been honored with two Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia University awards, and a George Polk Award. He is a writer in residence at Northwestern University. Kotlowitz lives with his wife, Maria Woltjen, and their two children, Mattie and Lucas, just outside of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725294014738,"sku":"9780385265560","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f85136dd-b9a2-41ed-948b-d55bd7f420dc.jpg?v=1734824076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/there-are-no-children-here-the-story-of-two-boys-growing-up-in-the-other-america-helen-bernstein-book-award-9780385265560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}