Jonathan Kozol - Works

Works

  • Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools. First published in 1967, it won the National Book Award and sold more than two million copies. It describes his year of teaching in the Boston Public School System. Reissue ISBN 0-452-26292-5
  • Free Schools (1972) ISBN 0-395-13606-7
  • The Night is Dark and I am Far From Home (1975)
  • Prisoners of Silence: Breaking the Bonds of Adult Illiteracy in the United States (1980) ISBN 0-8164-9004-X
  • Alternative Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents (1982) ISBN 0-8264-0226-7
  • Illiterate America (1986) ISBN 0-452-25807-3 History of Education website by Daniel Schugurensky discusses the importance of this book.
  • Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America (1988) Awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 1989 and The Conscience in Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Christopher Award, 1988. Reprint ISBN 0-449-90339-7
  • Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools (1991) A finalist for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award and awarded The New England Book Award. Reprint ISBN 0-06-097499-0 Bookfinder collected reviews.
  • Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995) Reprint ISBN 0-06-097697-7 Review and appreciation by Mary Leue.
  • Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (2000) Reprint ISBN 0-06-095645-3. Review by Jana Siciliano at BookReporter.com.
  • The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (2005) 1400052440
  • Letters to a Young Teacher (2007) ISBN 978-0-307-39371-5
  • Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (2012) 1400052467

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