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Invisible Child Poverty, Survival Hope in an
American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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Invisible Child Poverty, Survival Hope in an
American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Sinopsis
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER 8226NATIONAL BESTSELLER
8226A 8220viid and devastating8221(The New
York Times) portrait of an indomitable
girl8212frm acclaimed journalist Andrea
Elliott 8220Frm its first indelible pages to
its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible
Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired,
outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering
for reimmersion in its Dickensian
depths.82218212Ayad Akhtar, author of
Homeland ElegiesONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR The New York Times 8226ONE OF THE BEST
BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Atlantic, The New York
Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library JournalIn
Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea
Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life
of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as
soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn
shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott
weaves the story of Dasani8217schildhood with
the history of her ancestors, tracing their
passage from slavery to the Great Migration
north. As Dasani comes of age, New York
City8217shomeless crisis has exploded,
deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She
must guide her siblings through a world riddled
by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and
the threat of foster care. Out on the street,
Dasani becomes a fierce fighter 8220toprotect
those who I love.8221When she finally escapes
city life to enroll in a boarding school, she
faces an impossible question What if leaving
poverty means abandoning your family, and
yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose,
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Elliott8217sInvisible Child reads like a
page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story
about the power of resilience, the importance of
family and the cost of inequality8212tod
through the crucible of one remarkable
girl.nbspWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book
Prize 8226Finalist for the Bernstein Award and
the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award 8226Longlis
ted for the Baillie Gifford Prize
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Invisible Child Poverty, Survival Hope in an
American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER 8226NATIONAL BESTSELLER
8226A 8220viid and devastating8221(The New
York Times) portrait of an indomitable
girl8212frm acclaimed journalist Andrea
Elliott 8220Frm its first indelible pages to
its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible
Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired,
outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering
for reimmersion in its Dickensian
depths.82218212Ayad Akhtar, author of
Homeland ElegiesONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR The New York Times 8226ONE OF THE BEST
BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Atlantic, The New York
Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library JournalIn
Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea
Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life
of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as
soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn
shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott
weaves the story of Dasani8217schildhood with
the history of her ancestors, tracing their
passage from slavery to the Great Migration
north. As Dasani comes of age, New York
City8217shomeless crisis has exploded,
deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She
must guide her siblings through a world riddled
by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and
the threat of foster care. Out on the street,
Dasani becomes a fierce fighter 8220toprotect
those who I love.8221When she finally escapes
city life to enroll in a boarding school, she
faces an impossible question What if leaving
poverty means abandoning your family, and
yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose,
Elliott8217sInvisible Child reads like a
page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story
about the power of resilience, the importance of
family and the cost of inequality8212tod
through the crucible of one remarkable
girl.nbspWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book
Prize 8226Finalist for the Bernstein Award and
the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award 8226Longlis
ted for the Baillie Gifford Prize