Invisible child : poverty, survival, and hope in an American city
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780812986945, 0812986946
Physical Desc
624 pages
Status
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
362.775 COATES
2 available
362.775 COATES
2 available
Eastside Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
362.775 COATES
1 available
362.775 COATES
1 available
Montecito Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
362.775 COATES
1 available
362.775 COATES
1 available
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Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction | 362.775 COATES | On Shelf |
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction | 362.775 COATES | On Shelf |
Eastside Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area | 362.775 COATES | On Shelf |
Montecito Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area | 362.775 COATES | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Language
English
ISBN
9780812986945, 0812986946
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age in the twenty-first century, New York City's homeless crisis is exploding amid the growing chasm between rich and poor. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental addiction, violence, housing instability, pollution, segregated schools, and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system. When, at age thirteen, Dasani enrolls at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, her loyalties are tested like never before. As she learns to "code-switch" between the culture she left behind and the norms of her new town, Dasani starts to feel like a stranger in both places. Ultimately, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving povertymeans abandoning the family you love?"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Elliott, A. (2021). Invisible child: poverty, survival, and hope in an American city . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Elliott, Andrea. 2021. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Elliott, Andrea. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City Random House, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Elliott, Andrea. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City Random House, 2021.
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