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Author: Nell Bernstein Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458781151 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 386
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An award-winning journalists ''heart wrenching(The San Antonio Observer) look at children with parents in prison - a Newsweek ''book of the week and an East Bay Express bestseller. In this ''moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families (Parents Press), award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children - over two million of them - torn apart by our current incarceration policy. Described as ''meticulously reported and sensitively written by Salon, the book is ''brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change (Orlando Sentinel ); Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it ''a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.
Author: Nell Bernstein Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458781151 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 386
Book Description
An award-winning journalists ''heart wrenching(The San Antonio Observer) look at children with parents in prison - a Newsweek ''book of the week and an East Bay Express bestseller. In this ''moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families (Parents Press), award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children - over two million of them - torn apart by our current incarceration policy. Described as ''meticulously reported and sensitively written by Salon, the book is ''brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change (Orlando Sentinel ); Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it ''a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.
Author: M. T. Anderson Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763615864 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!" Jr Lib Guild.
Author: Van Huyssteen Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 9780802832467 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 392
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In Alone in the World? -- first given as the 2004 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh -- J. Wentzel van Huyssteen develops the interdisciplinary dialogue that he set out in The Shaping of Rationality (1999), applying this methodology to the uncharted waters between theological anthropology and paleoanthropology. Among other things, van Huyssteen argues that scientific notions of human uniqueness help us to ground theological notions of human distinctiveness in flesh-and-blood, embodied experiences and protect us from overly complex theological abstractions regarding the "image of God." Focusing on the interdisciplinary problem of human origins and distinctiveness, van Huyssteen accesses the origins of the embodied human mind through the spectacular prehistoric cave paintings of western Europe, fifteen of which are reproduced in color in this volume. Boldly connecting the widely separated fields of Christian theology and paleoanthropology through careful interdisciplinary reflection, Alone in the World? will encourage sustained investigation into the question of human uniqueness.
Author: Nell Bernstein Publisher: The New Press ISBN: 1595585559 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 321
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A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. “An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.” —Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family In this “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families”, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children—over two million of them—torn apart by our current incarceration policy (Parents’ Press). Described as “meticulously reported and sensitively written” by Salon, the book is “brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change” (Orlando Sentinel). Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it “a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.” “In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, All Alone in the World deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol’s Savage Inequalities, Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family. But to praise the book’s considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein’s book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. The message is clear: taking family connections into account ‘holds particular promise for restoring a social fabric rent by both crime and punishment.’” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Author: Alrick Hollingsworth Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781481205986 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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It is a story of a troubled young teenager growing up poor in Seattle, Washington. He finds himself engulfed in a dysfunctional family with a hustler father, mother strung out on drugs, domestic violence, guns, and the lure of gangs. Many teens live under similar conditions that lead them to abusing drugs, violence, and mistrusting adults. But what happens when the only person who loves you suddenly up and dies? Alrick Hollingsworth's story reflects the day-to-day life of impoverished at-risk American teenagers; who truly come to believe, they are stuck in this world all alone!
Author: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060541156 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 41
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When you are alone, you can do all sorts of things -- pretend you are tiny (or enormous), hear things other people can't hear, and see things they can't see. Being alone is fine -- sometimes. Kevin Henke's first book makes it clear that he remembers his own childhood and respects that time in others. His remarkable paintings have a life and luminescense that are unforgettable.
Author: Nell Bernstein Publisher: New Press, The ISBN: 1595589562 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 386
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When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that defy everything we know about how to rehabilitate young offenders. In a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system run amok, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies delinquent children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive relationships with caring adults. Bernstein introduces us to youth across the nation who have suffered violence and psychological torture at the hands of the state. She presents these youths all as fully realized people, not victims. As they describe in their own voices their fight to maintain their humanity and protect their individuality in environments that would deny both, these young people offer a hopeful alternative to the doomed effort to reform a system that should only be dismantled. Burning Down the House is a clarion call to shut down our nation’s brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and bring our children home.
Author: Joanna Nadin Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 0349124566 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 129
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Now a major CBBC TV series. Joe All Alone won the Children's BAFTA award for Best Drama. It was also nominated for an Emmy and two other Children's BAFTA awards: Director and Young Performer. Home Alone meets Jacqueline Wilson - a heartwarming, humorous, issue novel for 10+ readers about a young boy left home alone. When thirteen-year-old Joe is left behind in Peckham while his mum flies to Spain on holiday, he decides to treat it as an adventure, and a welcome break from Dean, her latest boyfriend. Joe begins to explore his neighbourhood, making a tentative friendship with Asha, a fellow fugitive hiding out at her grandfather's flat. But when the food and money run out, his mum doesn't come home, and the local thugs catch up with him, Joe realises time is running out too, and makes a decision that will change his life forever. Deeply poignant, deceptively simple, this book will cut the reader to the bone almost without their realising it. Imogen Russell-Williams, Teens On Moon Lane
Author: Tommy Wallach Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9781481490191 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Breakfast Club set at the end of the world meets a tale of first—and last—loves in this captivating collection from New York Times bestselling author Tommy Wallach. They always say that high school is the best time of your life. Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried “they” might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza can’t wait to escape Seattle—and her reputation—and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her real dreams. Andy, for his part, doesn’t understand all the fuss about college and career—the future can wait. Or can it? Because it turns out the future is hurtling through space with the potential to wipe out life on Earth. While the planet waits to see what damage an asteroid will cause, these four high school seniors will put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line in We All Looked Up, Tommy Wallach’s New York Times bestselling “stunning debut” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Parker Santé hasn’t spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, he’ll discover there just might be a few things left worth living for. Tommy Wallach delivers “a unique and compelling tale” (School Library Journal, starred review) of first and last loves in Thanks for the Trouble.