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Invisible child, Poverty, survival & hope in an american city., Andrea Elliott

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Invisible child, Poverty, survival & hope in an american city., Andrea Elliott

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eng

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non fiction

Main title

Invisible child

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electronic resource

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Andrea Elliott

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Poverty, survival & hope in an american city.

Summary

"Destined to become one of the classics of the genre" ( Newsweek ), 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 Times Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. Dasani was named after the bottled water that signaled Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani's childhood with the history of her family, tracing the passage of their ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, the homeless crisis in New York City has exploded amid the deepening chasm between rich and poor. Dasani must guide her siblings through a city riddled..

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