Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace: The Live of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol. Published by Crown Publishers Inc, New York, NY, 1995. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good- DJ. 286 Pgs. ISBN 0517799995. LCCN 95-23163. A book about the hearts of children who grow up in the South Bronx - the poorest congressional district of our nation. Without rhetoric, but drawing extensively upon the words of children, parents, and priests, this book does not romanticize or soften the effects of violence and sickness. One fourth of the child-bearing women in the neighborhoods where these children live test positive for HIV. Pediatric AIDS, life-consuming fires, and gang rivalries take a high toll. Several children die during the year in which this narrative takes place. Description text copyright 2005 BooksForComfort. Item ID 9105.