There are no Children Here Alex Kotlowitz's book, There are no Children Here, deals with the subject of race, values, and community responsibility of the urban underclass. The American inner city deals with the issues such as violent crime and drug wars. With these two explosive issues, the neighborhood experiences the downward spiral of social separation, unemployment and welfare dependence. The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they ... . The book's title comes from a comment made by the brothers' mother as she and author Alex Kotlowitz contemplate the cha...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... have made up in our minds is not often the case, and through Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here, our eyes are opened to many of the harsh situations such as poverty, gangs, racism, and violence that children are forced to grow up in. Alex Kotlowitz attempts to expose the truths of poverty, race, and children throughout his literary works. He is widely known for his concerns for urban ... "The MacNeil-Lebrer Newshour," National Public Radio, and numerous magazines. In 1985 he was approached to write an essay for a Chicago magazine on the subject of children living in poverty. H...

• Word Count: 874
• Approx Pages: 3

There are no Children Here Alex Kotlowitz's book, There are no Children Here, deals with the subject of race, values, and community responsibility of the urban underclass. The American inner city deals with the issues such as violent crime and drug wars. With these two explosive issues, the neighborhood experiences the downward spiral of social separation, unemployment and welfare dependence. The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they ... . The book's title comes from a comment made by the brothers' mother as she and author Alex Kotlowitz contemplate the cha...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... becomes extremely difficult for a young person to overcome the obstacles that they face. In Alex Kotlowitz's book, There Are No Children Here, two young men, Terrence Rivers and Craig Davis are portrayed as youths, who, though they are both brought up in similar situations and both experience the every day horrors of living in ... Davis, a young man close in age to Terrence, becomes somewhat of a neighborhood hero. The community loved him, his peers respected him, and younger children in the neighborhood looked up to him. Craig flourished in a community of drugs, gangs and murder, out-le...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2