In this powerful and culminating work,

Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his

prizewinning books and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their

fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as

they grow into adulthood.

JONATHAN KOZOL is the National Book Award-winning author of

Savage Inequalities, Death at an Early Age, The Shame of the Nation, and

Amazing Grace. He has been working with children in inner-city schools for

nearly fifty years.

RANDOM HOUSE

FIRE IN THE ASHES

Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America

By Jonathan KozolBroadway | TR | 978-1-4000-5247-9 | 368pp.

$16.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00Also Available in Audio and e-Book:

Audio CD: 978-0-449-01259-8 | $40.00/$46.00 Can.Audio DL: 978-0-449-01260-4 | $22.50/$26.50 Can.e-Book: 978-0-7704-3595-0 | $13.99/$15.99 Can.

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For more books by the author, go to: www.JonathanKozol.com

“Kozol has a knack for describing his relationships

with poverty-stricken children with a sympathy that is so straightforward,

one cannot indulge in pity. Fire in the Ashes is a

wonderful book. I couldn’t put it down.” —Deborah Meier, author of

In Schools We Trust and The Power of Their Ideas

Now in Paperback