[Download PDF/Epub] Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City Writen By Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

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The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America?from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott of The New York TimesInvisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn?s gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tight-knit family from shelter to shelter, this story goes back to trace the passage of Dasani?s ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age, New York City?s homeless crisis is exploding as the chasm deepens between rich and poor. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental drug addiction,

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Author : Andrea Elliott

Pages : 448 pages

Publisher : Random House

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 0812986946

ISBN-13 : 9780812986945

 
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