description: A touching, meticulous portrait of two boys growing up in a Chicago housing project reveals how they help each other maintain a shred of innocence among street gangs, gunfire, violence, and drugs.
language: English
title: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
titlecomplete: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
genres: Biography, Politics, Social Justice, Education, Nonfiction, School, Poverty, Sociology, Race, History
ratings_count: 15091
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Helen Bernstein Book Award
category: Excellence in Journalism, name: Carl Sandburg Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Publishing Mills